genetic sequence...1/13/2020...Moderna completes its mRNA-1273 vaccine formulation...that same day, the NIAID...under Dr. Anthony Fauci's direction...starts a Phase 1 trial for the mRNA-1273 vaccine...absolutely due to the knowledge and organizational skill of Dr. Fauci...zero input from Donald Trump...who, btw, had yet to make his infamous pronouncement that COVID-19 was a Democratic Party "Hoax"...only later...when mounting cases and deaths forced Trump to publicly acknowledge what he already knew to be a serious pandemic...did he sign a production order.
Meanwhile...Pfizer was also independently funding its own vaccine development.
Link: https://www.modernatx.com/modernas-work-potential-vaccine-against-covid-19