In an age of porous memory, we forget just how bad the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic was. We may remember President Trump suggesting that we inject ourselves with a bleach-like “ disinfectant ,” for example, but forget just how ham-handed the CDC’s early testing and communication efforts were. We recall the fierce battle over mask-wearing, but forget the colossal failure of getting essential protective equipment to front-line hospital workers and first responders … and the dangerous fragility of our basic medical supply chains .

But in America’s pandemic response, Trump 45 did have one standout success—one that even his harshest critics applaud: the development of a highly effective SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, produced miraculously in under a year . Indeed, “ Operation W

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