It's Donald J . Trump .
Thank you very much .
Great to be in this wonderful state .
So many friends , so much success . And
we love being here . And we're here
actually today to discuss the exciting
progress that we've achieved under the
Operation Warp Speed , our historic
initiative to develop test
manufacturing , deliver a vaccine in
record time . And that's what it is in
record time . Likewise ,
therapeutically , we are very , very
advanced . You're hearing about it and
you'll be hearing about it a lot more .
In the next two weeks , we will achieve
a victory over the virus by unleashing
America's scientific genius , which is
what it is . I'm therefore proud to
announce that this morning the Moderna
vaccine has officially entered phase
three already , and that's phase three
clinical trials , the final stage
before approval . There's never been
anything like this in terms of speed ,
nothing even close . The second vaccine
is likely to enter phase three in a
matter of days under Operation warp
speed . We've shaved years off of the
time that it takes to develop a vaccine
in some cases many years , and we've
done it while maintaining the FDA gold
standard for safety . This is the
fastest . A vaccine for a novel
pathogen has ever gone has never gone
like this . And if you look at where we
are by phase three , we could say every
gun . By far , four additional
promising candidates are expected to
enter final trials in the coming weeks ,
including the Novavax vaccine being
developed right here at this facility .
It's an incredible facility . We're
gonna be making a tour in a little
while , Very , uh , very complete tour
with the folks that run it . The people
that operate we've just completed a
tour of Fuji Films Innovation
Laboratories , and that's gonna be done
it much , much higher level in a few
minutes after I'm finished and I
believe will take a few questions to
which were carrying out a crucial bio
manufacturing process needed to make
the Novavax vaccine . This production
is made possible by my administration's
$1.6 billion award to Novavax is part
of Operation Warp speed . It lets us
deliver the final product in a time
that never has been achieved anywhere
at any time for anything like this .
The same manufacturing processes are
being conducted on an even larger scale
in College Station , Texas today . I'm
proud to announce that HHS has just
signed a $265 million contract with the
food you fill in Texas A and M
Innovation Center , which is quite the
place to dramatically expand their
vaccine manufacturing capacity . I want
to thank Fujifilm CEO Martin Medicine
for welcoming us today . And Martin
words . Martin . Thank you . Thank you
very much . Martin . Really wonderful
to be with you under these
circumstances . In particular with all
the progress is being made as well as
Novavax CEO Stanley Erck . Stanley ,
thank you very much . Thank you very
much . Thanks . Also to Secretary
Alex Azar . Who's with us ? Senator
Thom Tillis . Thank you very much .
Thank you , Tom . Stand up . Good job
you've done . Thank you very much .
Really Have representatives Richard
Hudson , David Rouser , Mark Walker ,
Dan Bishop and Greg Murphy . Thank you .
All friends or warriors . Lieutenant
Governor Dan Forest . Who here is doing
a great job ? Where's Dan ? Stand up
there . Great job , Dan . Really good .
North Carolina House Speaker Tim More .
Thank you , Tim . Great job . And
President pro TEM of the North Carolina
State Senate , Phil Berger . Thank you .
Feel very much . I appreciate it .
Operation Warp Speed is funding a
historic portfolio of highly promising
vaccine candidates . In addition to our
$1.6 billion investment in Novavax ,
we've issued a $483 million contract
with Moderna , a $1.2 billion contract
with AstraZeneca , a $465 million
contract with Jansen . And just last
week , a $1.95 billion agreement with
Visor Tremendous Progress is being made
with all of those great companies . A
groundbreaking agreement with Visor
includes a guarantee to deliver 100
million doses shortly after the
vaccines approval almost immediately ,
with the option to purchase an
additional 500 million . They're after
not only his operation warp speed
accelerating the development of a
vaccine were also directing a colossal
industrial mobilization to insurance
rapid delivery . Nothing's happened
like this since the end of World War
Two . Instead of the usual sequence of
vaccine development , testing and
trials followed by production , our
strategy is to conduct these phases
simultaneously , so everything goes at
one time were not waiting and waiting
and waiting . It's all going at one
time . We have a system that has I
think it's unparalleled , never been
done before , but we suspect it's gonna
work and work very well . We're mass
producing all of the most promising
vaccine candidates in advance , so that
on the day one that it's approved , it
will be available to the American
people immediately and will probably
have a lot for a lot of other people
throughout the world . The world is
suffering from this Jenna virus .
Another dimension of operation warp
Speeders are focused on therapeutics to
treat the virus . Over 140 clinical
trials are underway , then a number of
effective therapies have already been
developed and widely delivered ,
including Rendez Severe , which is
having a tremendous impact . You see
that with mortality rates and other
things statistically decks , a method
zone , convalescent plasma and antibody
treatments . We have numerous
treatments right now that our
understudy and I think over the next
couple of weeks we may actually have
some very positive answers as to that .
On July 7th , we announced a $450
million agreement with Regeneron to
begin advanced manufacturing of its
antibody treatment , which is currently
in late stage clinical trials . Late
stage due to the medical advances we've
already achieved and our increased
knowledge and how to treat the virus .
The mortality rate for patients over
the age of 18 is 85% lower than it
was in April . Think of that 85% and is
25% lower than Europe as a whole .
In the middle of April , more than 22%
of all deaths in the United States were
attributable to the China virus . As
the last week that number has dropped
down . As of last week , it's dropped
down toe under 7% . To decrease the
turnaround times for testing , the 1st
2 laboratories have been approved to
provide pooled testing very important .
In other words , samples from multiple
patients are processed together .
They're pooled . Pool testing will
reduce turnaround times by more than
substantially more than 50% . Last week ,
our Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services began distributing rapid Point
of care diagnostics test instruments to
all of the nursing homes in the United
States , focusing on the areas of
greatest need , which is our elderly
and our nursing homes . What we've
already sent includes testing
instruments to 635 nursing homes
for 196,000 Rapid point of care
tests . It's a tremendous amount that's
you'll get your response an answer from
5 to 15 minutes . Over the next three
weeks , 1700 nursing homes will receive
an additional 800,000 point of care
tests . Think of that United States has
conducted over 52 million tests .
That's more than all of Europe put
together . Times two . Nobody's even
close and his country's go . It is as
an example , India is up to 11 million
test . We're going to be very shortly
at 55 million . Test India has one
point four billion people . Through our
relentless efforts , we've completely
rebuilt our stockpile , which the
previous administration depleted and
did not refill . The cupboards were
bare . I say it often . In total ,
we've now distributed nearly 100
million n 95 masks , 35 million
surgical masks , 15 million face
shields and much , much more . In
addition to that ventilators , the most
difficult thing of all , we are now
building thousands a month and would
distribute him . We have all we need in
our country . But other countries that
are in desperate need other countries
air having a tremendously difficult
time with the virus . Last week , FEMA
sent additional personnel protective
equipment over 15,000 nursing homes ,
including 643,000 pairs of protective
eyewear , seven million masks , 34
million pairs of gloves and six million
gowns . It's a lot over the weekend .
Cases in Florida , Texas and Arizona
held steady and are now heading down in
Arizona . They're heading very
substantially down and rapidly . We've
been constant and in constant
communication with the states and are
surging them . Resource is when
requested , they largely had what they
needed , but anything they need , we
send them immediately . We are totally
full . We have everything we need . We
get it to the states immediately . We
deal with the governors . The
relationship with the governor's has
been very good thes states air not out
of the woods . But rigorous compliance
with guidelines should allow them to
turn the corner and very , very quickly .
We are working with every governor and
health commissioner , of course , the
country to being a complete
individualized analysis to each state
as well as tailored recommendations ,
states or different . My administration
is also closely monitoring the surging
caseload in Latin America , which is
now the region in the world with the
most active reported infections by far
due to the relative scarcity of testing
in Latin America . However , the
regions reported number of cases is
also likely to be dramatically
undercut or undercounted . And I could
say that's probably true throughout the
entire world . We report our cases most
of the world doesn't they either ?
Don't do testing . Therefore they have
very few cases , even though people are
sick , what they just don't report .
And given the reality of what we just
said , we're focusing aggressively on
the Texas border and countries that we
think have to be watched very , very
carefully because you have some very ,
very highly infected countries outside
of our borders . I've spoken with
Governor Abbott terrific gentleman ,
and I can report that over 3300 federal
personnel or on the ground in Texas ,
we've given them a tremendous and no
amount of extra help , including
doctors , nurses , frontline people
we've supplied . Texas with more than
2.5 million loves 800,000 goggles ,
337,000 surgical gowns ,
1.8 million surgical masks , 1.36
million N . 95 respirators and half a
1,000,000 K and 90 masks . Beginning
this week , Texas hospitals will
receive 500 cases of rendez severe ,
which has proven very effective enough
to treat 3200 patients in addition to
the cross border spread . The stage of
the pandemic is being fueled by younger
Americans , who generally have little
risk of being seriously harmed by the
disease . What can spread the disease ?
We need all Americans to be conscious
about their actions and to exercise
extreme vigilance . I trust all
Americans to do the right thing , but
we strongly advise everyone to
especially especially focus on
maintaining a social distance ,
maintaining rigorous hygiene , avoid
large gatherings and crowded into our
bars and wear masks when appropriate .
We also strongly urge citizens to take
extra precautions to shield those at
highest risk , which are in most cases
in many cases the elderly , especially
the elderly , with medical problems
such as heart or diabetes . But you
want to shield them and you want to
guard them and you want to protect them
from the virus , especially especially
those that are really targeted , almost
targeted . You could say by this
horrible , horrible plague this
horrible epidemic pandemic . America
will develop a vaccine very soon , and
we will defeat the virus . We will have
it delivered in record time , as our
visit here demonstrates . And I want to
thank all of the people and
representatives from the great state of
North Carolina is a great is a great
place is a phenomenal place . And , uh ,
we've had so many great meetings and
such a great time . Want to drive into
the driving tenacity of your
representatives and your politicians
has been incredible when they call them
there when they call most of them .
Many of them is sitting here right now .
I will always answer their call . So
thank you very much . I appreciate you
being here with us and let's get on to
a few questions . Tremendous progress
has been made , and it's been made
rapidly and has been made in areas that
nothing like that has taken place
before . So please , thank you very
much . Thank you .
Thank you . Despair When it comes to
the viruses , today's not giving
Americans sense of optimism .
Well , I think so , but , you know ,
there would be not that same kind of
hope if we weren't doing so Well ,
we're you know , before , just before I
left the White House in the Oval Office ,
we had a meeting with our doctors ,
scientists and mothers , and they're
making tremendous progress . Progress ?
With respect to therapeutics , I can
tell you , therapeutically , I think
over the next couple of weeks we'll
have some really very good things to
say . I would just having great answers .
So it is about that . And it's also the
vaccine that we discussed today . At
even greater length is just coming
along really well . And it's not just
one company , as many companies have
had tremendous progress , so that will
be announced over the next very short
period . Well , I have a very positive
things , but by the end of the year ,
we think we're in very good shape to be
doing that by the end of this year .
We're gonna in terms of the vaccine , I
think , in terms of therapeutics , even
sooner than that , therapeutics meaning
you go and you give somebody whether
it's transfusion or shots or whatever
it may be , and the hell and they heal
quickly . So we've had tremendous
problem progress we already have . If
you look a remedy severe and you look
at some of the other things , but we'll
have . We'll have some announcements in
that over the next two weeks . Yeah ,
it is hoped that its only hope because
we've gotten such incredible results
scientifically , you didn't talk
Russian president . I wanted to ask if
you did bring up the reporters . Russia ,
having on our way discussed .
But we had plenty of discussion and I
think it was very productive . Please .
Today the state recovery is showing
signs of moderating . You think giving
what we're seeing with increasing cases ,
that the recovery could be in jeopardy
at all ? I don't think so . I think the
recovery's been very strong . We've set
record job numbers . We've set record
numbers , whether it's a pure V or a
little bit less than that , I think
it's going to be very good . If
therapeutically we come up with some
answers very quickly , which I think we
will , then you're gonna have a
tremendous recovery . Likewise with the
vaccines . If you do that by the end of
the year , that's ahead of schedule ,
substantially ahead of schedule , and
it's ahead of anything that's ever
taken place in terms of vaccines before ,
So I think if those things happen , if
just one of those events happen ,
you'll go right back into that V . And
I think you're probably in the V .
Anyway , I really do believe a lot of
the governors should be opening up
states that they're not opening , and
we'll see what happens with them . But
a lot will have to do with the fact
that , therapeutically , I think you
could have some great answers . Vaccine
wise ? Likewise . Yeah . Please go
ahead in the back . Exactly . Eight
from Raleigh . Now that you've
cancelled Jacksonville portion of the
RNC , do you think Governor Cooper made
the right choice ? Well , we're
actually coming to North Carolina . As
you know , we're having a very major .
I guess that would be the nomination
night . So that's Monday . It'll be
Monday . They're going to be here , and
the rest will do in a different form .
We could have done it many different
ways , but I think we did the right
thing . And , uh , I'm really happy
that we're gonna be having a piece of
it , at least in a very important piece
in North Carolina . Yes , plays . Go
ahead . Your poll numbers suffered in
recent months because you're handling
on the candymakers here now , today ,
what's your plan going forward to clean
to Americans that you're the right
person ? I think the poll numbers are
very good . That poll numbers we have
are very good . We're leading in North
Carolina were leading in Pennsylvania .
We're leading in Arizona . Are numbers
were leading in Arizona were leading
nicely in Florida . I think our poll
numbers are very good . Were leading
substantially in Georgia . I mean , we
get a lot of suppression polls . We get
a lot of fake polls , just like we have
fake news . It's a terrible thing when
you look at it . But I had the same
thing for years ago . I was losing
everywhere . I had poll numbers . Why
was it gonna win any state ? They ended
up winning every one of them . You know ,
the swing states I wasn't gonna win any
of them , and I want all of them and I
have the same thing this year . This
year they haven't even closer . They
haven't closer , but it's the same
suppression type polls . We have polls
that show me leading in almost every
swing state and substantially in other
states by even more than I one in 16 .
When you look at Florida's an example ,
you have thousands of boat out about
boats out of the ocean , out on the
intercoastal . You look at other states
where , like was you have thousands of
boats and the role waving the trump
sign . Trump Ensign . And they're so
proud . Thousands and thousands .
You've seen it where you have bikers
for Trump , with lines at a miles long
on highways going along on weekends . I
think there's more spirit now than
there's ever been for my campaign , and
that includes 2016 where obviously
there was great enthusiasm , great
spirit . We had a great spirit . I
think there's more today because what
we've done , nobody's ever done before .
Nobody has ever rebuilt the military ,
cut taxes the most in our history ,
created the greatest economy we've ever
had . Cut regulations at a level that
nobody's ever done and all of these
different things , the way we got V a
choice . We got V A everything for the
right now . They had a 91% approval
rating in a recent poll . I was just
speaking to the secretary , 91% in the
Viet that's never happened before . I
think when people see all that we've
done even space Force , we created a
force actual . You know , Army , Navy ,
Air Force Marines . It's It's pretty
amazing . Coast Guard and now Space
Force . That hasn't happened in 75
years . What we've done working with
some of those warriors over there , by
the way . But what we've done has never
been done . If you look Alaska with en
noir , one of the bill , it perhaps the
biggest drilling site in the world ,
even Ronald Reagan and Bush and Clinton ,
everybody wanted to get it done . I got
it done . And Warren , Alaska ,
probably , or possibly the biggest
drilling site in the world . You know
what we've done has been incredible .
Recently , it looked like the energy
business was going to be a catastrophe .
We were number one in the world , and
then we had the pandemic and nobody was
using energy . Nobody was driving in
automobiles , no gasoline . And by the
way , gasoline prices for everyone are
very , very low , in many cases , less
than $2 . That's pretty incredible .
And I saved the energy business . I got
Russia and I got Saudi Arabia on the
phone and they cut way back . And we're
now at $40 plus a barrel ,
and we're saving tens of millions of
jobs and energy with the number one and
energy in the world . So with all that
we've done , we made and brought this
country to the greatest point in its
history . We never had an economy like
we had prior to the China plague or
China virus coming in . We never had
numbers like it . We're gonna have him
again , and everyone knows I'm going to
rebuild it . I had to close it up . We
saved millions of lives by closing it .
We didn't close it . You would have
seen numbers that would have been 15
times what you have right now . One
death is too much , but it would have
been 10 to 15 times maybe more than
that which we close this greatest
economy ever . Far bigger than China .
Better than China . China is having ,
by the way , the worst year they had in
67 years . Tariffs . They paid us tens
of billions of dollars the worst year
they've had . Think of it in 67 years .
We were having the best year we've ever
had . I had to close it . And now we're
reopening it . And next year will be
stronger . It will be the strongest
year so far . It'll be better even than
last year . Okay , Thank you very much .
I'll be heading back and I'll see you
back at the White House . Thank you
very much . We're gonna taken
additional tour of the facility with
your great leaders . Thank you very
much to the people of North Carolina .
We love being here . Thank you .