evidence: Years after the darkest days of the pandemic, many people overlook the enduring importance of Operation Warp Speed. When then-President Donald Trump announced it, skeptics mocked its Star Trek–inspired name and worried that officials would cut corners on safety to produce a vaccine before the 2020 election. Since then, others have faulted it as overly generous to drug companies. OWS fell short of its manufacturing targets, and the vaccine shortages of early 2021 prompted more criticism of the initiative. Democrats have been loath to give any credit to Donald Trump and his underlings, while Republicans—many of whom were skeptical of the vaccine push—struggle to admit that the federal government can do anything right.