Biden’s Plan for Next Pandemic Eyes Vaccine Supply Within 130 Days
- New National Biodefense Strategy builds on lessons from Covid
- White House at center of response to prevent agency infighting
This article is for subscribers only.
President Joe Biden’s strategy for the next deadly pandemic calls for the US to produce a test for a new pathogen within 12 hours of its discovery and enough vaccine to protect the nation within 130 days.
Those instructions are outlined in the administration’s plan to defend against biological threats, from naturally occurring infectious diseases to man-made weapons of mass destruction. Known as the National Biodefense Strategy, the new framework seeks to better define the government’s responsibilities, objectives and deadlines in a crisis, and places the White House at the center of the response.