The Biden administration has released its plan for combating the next pandemic, warning that a future pandemic could be even worse than COVID-19.
The Biden administration has released its plan for combating the next pandemic, warning that a future pandemic could be even worse thanIn a call with reporters, White House officials described an Apollo-like mission to coordinate all aspects of pandemic response in a centralized command.
The plan would cost $65 billion over the next seven to 10 years, with $15 billion coming from the Democrats' being considered on Capitol Hill. More funding would be needed for the additional $50 billion. The pandemic preparedness plan warns that "there will be an increasing frequency of natural — and possibly human-made — biological threats in the years ahead."
"As devastating as the COVID-19 pandemic is, there is a reasonable likelihood that another serious pandemic that may be worse than COVID-19 will occur soon — possibly within the next decade," the report says. "Unless we make transformative investments in pandemic preparedness now, we will not be meaningfully prepared."
The report draws on the Obama-era pandemic preparedness plan. Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Eric Lander said the unified office will coordinate all aspects of the pandemic response — vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, grants, personal protective equipment, modeling and more. Lander said it hasn't yet been decided from which department "mission control" would work. "If you've got a great booster rocket but haven't got a capsule capable of landing ..
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