Biden Team Is Retiring ‘Warp Speed’ Name From Vaccination Push
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Joe Biden in Wilmington, Delaware on Jan. 14.
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President-elect Joe Biden‘s overhaul of the U.S. coronavirus vaccination program will include largely abandoning President Donald Trump’s “Operation Warp Speed” moniker, according to people familiar with the matter.
Biden will detail his plan later Friday, after unveiling his push for a new pandemic relief package from Congress and appointing a series of new medical advisers. None of the announcements, however, used the Warp Speed brand that Trump’s administration created.