OPERATION WARP SPEED: TRUMP’S END-RUN AROUND THE FAILURE OF CIVILIAN BUREAUCRACY: New document reveals scope and structure of Operation Warp Speed and underscores vast military involvement. “The military’s extensive involvement in the development and distribution of a vaccine is a departure from pandemics of the past.”

The RNA technology behind vaccines like Moderna’s has been a DARPA priority for years. And, of course, the military has been thinking about how to respond to a biowar attack for a long time; that was the CDC’s original role too (somewhat glossed-over) but now it cares more about eliminating racism and fatty foods.