Anthony S. Fauci, chief medical adviser to the administration, and David Kessler, chief scientific officer for the covid-19 response, began the ideas late last year. With the release of highly effective vaccines, their initial focus was on drugs that could make the next pandemic less devastating. But as variants of the virus emerged and it became clear that even a historic vaccination campaign was unlikely to eradicate the coronavirus, they sped up the deadline.
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