Biological Warfare
solutions
Invest heavily in biological intelligence, or BIOINT, to ensure we have the biological surveillance, detection and attribution necessary to track and eliminate dangerous, emerging threats. Target high-risk scientific research.
Ensure shared situational awareness. Demand coordination between all relevant agencies.
Ensure that the National Institutes of Health is properly funded and supported.
Increase funding to fight Biological Warfare agents (microorganisms like virus, bacteria, fungi, protozoa or toxins).
Completely overhaul how the Strategic National Stockpile is operated and maintained.
Shift the stockpile’s formula for distributing supplies from population-based to need-based.
Stop substituting “just-in-time” supply chains for the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS)…which is the entire point of the SNS in the first place.
Demand strict checks and balances on lobbying to prevent frivolous spending on unnecessary, expensive drugs.
Address the massive shortage we face in specialists who can diagnosis and treat Superbugs (antibiotic-resistant microbes).
Champion highly knowledgeable, innovative health care providers, hospitals and public health agencies.
Support public-private initiatives that develop superior drugs, vaccines and diagnostic tests.
Massively lower the risk of harm from future viral outbreaks by supporting initiatives like the Global Virome Project.