Oct 16, 2020 - Politics & Policy
Operation Warp Speed leader hasn't spoken with Biden team
- Dan Primack, author of Axios Pro Rata
Moncef Slaoui speaking at the White House. Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images.
Moncef Slaoui knows his job helping lead Operation Warp Speed may not be over by inauguration day, but tells the Axios Re:Cap podcast that hasn't yet spoken with anyone on Team Biden about vaccine development or deployment.
Why it matters: It could behoove the country for an incoming Biden administration to hit the ground running on the inherited pandemic crisis, much like both Barrack Obama and John McCain were invited into financial crisis talks by George W. Bush in the closing months of the 2008 presidential campaign.
Go deeper: Moncef Slaoui on the new vaccine timeline.