Are We Ready for a Pandemic?

The threat is no longer limited to weapons, it includes the occurrence of various diseases. Panelists at bibliographic policy centers (BPC) briefing sessions agreed that pandemics would pose a major threat to national security

"In the past 15 years, the US and the world are facing Baxter anthrax, SARS, avian influenza, pandemic influenza, Ebola virus, dicavirus," on March 28 as BBC's chief medical consultant in Washington Dr. Anandparek said. I mentioned in the held forum. In contrast to other threats, DCs do not know the borders of microorganisms.

He said: "We do not have a clear understanding of the widespread impact of airborne pathogens." Tom Dashle, former US Senate majority leader and co-founder of BPC. "We need an exclamation mark to make an action plan after thinking about urgency."

Hey Judd Gregg mentioned Project BioShield signed the law as a prototype of epidemic disease by President George W. Bush in 2004. In the 10 year plan, $ 5.6 billion has been allocated to accelerate the research and development of pharmaceuticals to protect Americans from chemical, biological, radiologic or nuclear attacks. In 2013, the plan was re-approved in 2018, but its long-term fate during the Trump regime is still unknown.

Mr. Greg said, "There is no greater threat to our country than biological attacks and pandemic influenza." "This is a national security issue, if these provisions are proposed to the current government, we can move forward" "

There is no doubt. For all of our high-tech separation divisions, leading doctors, and world-class scientists, the US medical system is not yet ready to deal with the outbreak. As infectious disease expert Osterholm pointed out, global epidemics are not limited to one place or area like other natural disasters. This illness occurs simultaneously everywhere. In the event of a pandemic, even in the best hospitals beds and ventilators may run out quickly. The United States certainly developed a national epidemic strategy and welcome measures have been taken since the fear of bioterrorism since 9/11. In February, the military think tank DARPA launched a program to produce effective medicines within 60 days after identifying pathogens responsible for new epidemics. But the country has not really tested

Many individual countries have developed their own specific plans. For example, the UK has developed a reportable bird flu countermeasure strategy that defines procedures to follow after a pandemic on the island. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) is striving to better tailor the efforts and strategies of each country based on the experience of the Spanish flu in 1918 - by treating individual patients individually, I can not fight. They believe that contemporary epidemics can be defeated only by dealing with interrelated worlds rather than individual countries.