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Credit for breakthroughs belongs to 'the long list of federally funded researchers' and bipartisan supporters of science. He notes the mRNA vaccine story 'does not start with operation warp speed' and that dedicated employees at NIH and Moderna understood the danger of COVID nineteen. He traces investments back to 2009, when 'president Obama' convened his scientific advisory panel and asked, 'how come you still make vaccines with chicken eggs?' In 2013, the Obama administration awarded a $25,000,000 DARPA grant to Moderna for an mRNA vaccine platform, followed by a 2015 BARDA investment of $125,000,000, so Moderna had vaccines and therapeutics in animals and humans. He notes 'thirty micrograms' can elicit a potent immune response, and that 'a liter bottle' would contain over 30,000,000 doses—enough for doctors, first responders, or seniors over 75. Fauci cites support and monoclonal antibody work; they discuss future investments amid budget-cut proposals by Trump and Mulvaney.