Prognosis
White House Unveils $65 Billion Plan to Combat New Pandemics
- Program is likened to Apollo mission that landed men on moon
- ‘We really need to start preparing now,’ top official says
Visitors outside the White House in Washington, D.C..
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The Biden administration unveiled a $65.3 billion plan to prepare for future pandemics threats, likening the ambitious proposal to the Apollo mission to the moon.
The proposal announced Friday by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and National Security Council focuses on protecting the U.S. against potentially catastrophic biological threats, including those that are naturally occurring, accidental or deliberately set in motion by bad actors.