Friday, Donald Trump introduced the man who would head an operation named “Wrap Speed”. The objective: to quickly put in place a vaccine against the coronavirus. “We are proud to announce (…) that the chief scientist of Operation Warp Speed will be Dr. Moncef Slaoui, a world-renowned immunologist who helped create fourteen new vaccines (…) in ten years during his time in the industry private.”
“Very honored and privileged“
The name of Moncef Slaoui may not mean anything to you, it is “one of the most respected men in the world in the production and formulation of vaccines”, words from Donald Trump.
Born in Morocco in Agadir, this 60-year-old Belgo-Moroccan has completed a university course at the ULB. He will come out with a doctorate in immunology and molecular biology. He moved to the private sector at the end of the 80s after having taught at the ULB and the UMons. He will become an important member of the GSK group in Belgium before leaving the pharmaceutical group a few years ago. Direction the United States where he will obtain nationality. Appointed head of operation “Wrap Speed”, Dr. Slaoui said “very honored and privileged“to lead this “extraordinary enterprise” in the quest for a vaccine.
Donald Trump says he hopes to see a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year that continues its deadly course in the United States, while other parts of the world are trying to get on with their lives. “We hope to have (a vaccine) by the end of the year, maybe before. We are making spectacular progress”, affirmed the American president, before nuancing his optimism. “I don’t want people to think it all depends on a vaccine”, he said.
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