Pentagon memo contradicts SECDEF's year-end coronavirus vaccine goal, per report
Source: Miltary Times
Meghann Myers
1 hour ago
Defense Secretary Mark Esper declared Friday that a government task force charged with developing a COVID-19 vaccine would have a widely available injection by the end of the year. But a leaked Pentagon memo shows that behind the scenes, senior leadership have been planning for the possibility that the services could be contending with coronavirus until well into next year.
The memo, first reported by Task and Purpose, warns of not only a resurgence of the virus, but the "real possibility" that a viable vaccine won't be available until "at least the summer of 2021."
"Therefore, we must now re-focus our attention on resuming critical missions, increasing levels of activity, and making necessary preparations should a significant resurgence of COVID-19 occur later this year," the memo reads, though it doesn't bear Esper's signature.
Kenneth Rapuano, assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and global security, prepared the memo, Task and Purpose reported.
"We can confirm we continue to develop plans that address operating in the COVID-19 environment," Pentagon spokesman Chris Garver told Military Times on Tuesday, though he could not confirm the specific memo draft. "Senior DoD officials have discussed the development of a plan to reduce Health Protection Conditions around the world and continue the 2020 summer move cycle safely. The plans have not been approved by senior DoD leaders yet, and we're not going to discuss what might be in the final version of those plans."
Read more: https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/05/19/pentagon-memo-contradicts-secdefs-year-end-coronavirus-vaccine-goal-per-report/
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And while this is going on, the "guy" running the whole shebang...........is having a petty spoiled brat moment concerning a presidential portrait of former administration..............you just cannot make this shit up............know matter how you might want to try........we are in a national security moment and the country is being run by right wing lunatics that have power...................
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