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Operation Trump coined about developing a vaccine

Operation Warp Speed

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Updated May 17, 2020 at 12:30AM EDT by Y F.

Added May 15, 2020 at 03:24PM EDT by Adam.

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About

Operation Warp Speed is a proposed plan set forth by President Donald Trump to develop a coronavirus vaccine and reopen America by the end of 2020.

Origin

On May 15th, 2020, Donald Trump held a press conference at the White House Rose Garden in which he said America was back and undergoing "Operation Warp Speed," which appeared to be his goal to develop a coronavirus vaccine by the end of 2020. He further said that with or without one, he wanted America to return to pre-coronavirus conditions in an effort to boost the economy.[1] He appointed Moncef Slaoui, former head of pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline’s vaccines division, and Army Materiel Command Gen. Gustave Perna on logistics as the leaders of "Operation Warp Speed."



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The announcement of the "operation" led Twitter users to mock the name and compare it to the Space Force. Twitter user @secularagnostic[2] made a joke comparing the name to the film Spaceballs, gaining over 180 retweets and 830 likes (shown below, left). User @RobAnderson2018[3] posted comparisons to pop culture, gaining over 60 retweets and 280 likes (shown below, right). The phrase "Operation Warp Speed" trended on Twitter throughout the day.[4]


General William T. Sherman @secularagnostic Operation Warp Speed? More like Operation Ludicrous Speed! Ludicrous speed, gol GIF Rob Anderson for Louisiana @RobAnderson2018 Operation "Warp Speed" is designed to move Luke Skywalker from the hidden Ferengi base, into a Muggle stronghold, so that Gandalf can get the One Ring past King Kong with the help of Parzival and Art3mis. Rob Anderson for Louisiana @RobAnderson2018 · May 7 Replying to @parscale Cool analogy, bro. The Death Star was a bloated sphere of hubris that was built with a deliberate flaw to make it (relatively) easy to destroy by a group of rebels. 1:24 PM · May 15, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Tara Dublin Is Witnessing Darwinism in Real Time @taradublinrocks Live shot of how Operation Warp Speed actually operates #TrumpHasNoPlan GIF LZ @LegacyZeroYT "Operation Warp Speed" sounds promising. Whats the worst that can happen? ELU 1:52 PM · May 15, 2020 · Twitter for Android > Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom Me, looking at the Trump team while they prattle on about Operation Warp Speed 0000 GIF 1:37 PM · May 15, 2020 · TweetDeck SEA CAPTAIN, PM OFFICIALLY KICKING OFF "OPERATION WARP SPEED' AND I NEED COMPLETE LOYALTY FROM YOU ON THIS AnOmaly @LegendaryEnergy Trump just admitted "it's risky" to rush a vaccine through trials faster than ever before. It's called "Operation Warp Speed". It's a Space Force-like name to convince people that what he's doing is impressive when it obviously isn't. 12:52 PM · May 15, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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External References

[1] CNN – Unveiling vaccine effort, Trump says country will be back with or without one

[2] Twitter – secularagnostic

[3] Twitter – @RobAnderson2018

[4] Twitter – Operation Warp Speed

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