evidence: Getting the facts right on Operation Warp Speed by Paul Roderick Gregory, opinion contributor - 03/20/21 7:00 PM ET by Paul Roderick Gregory, opinion contributor - 03/20/21 7:00 PM ET Former President Donald Trump formally announced Operation Warp Speed (OWS) on May 15, 2020. OWS was constituted as a projected $18 billion business-government-military partnership, charged to "produce and deliver 300 million doses of safe and effective vaccines with the initial doses available by January 2021, as part of a broader strategy to accelerate the development, manufacturing, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics." No date was set for fulfilling the 300 million doses target, other than the understanding that it would be "accelerated" relative to conventional standards. [...] Moderna operation warp speed