Commission report: The Apollo Program for Biodefense – winning the race against biological threats

  • Fri, January 15, 2021 • 10:00 am ET

As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on the United States and all over the world, the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense is calling on the federal government to urgently implement the ​recommendations specified in its report – The Apollo Program for Biodefense​: Winning the Race Against Biological Threats.

As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on the United States and all over the world, the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense is calling on the federal government to urgently implement the ​recommendations specified in its report – The Apollo Program for Biodefense​: Winning the Race Against Biological Threats. The report details an ambitious goal-directed program to develop and deploy the technologies needed to defend against all biological threats, empower public health, and prevent pandemics. The Commission argues if the United States acts now, the program could effectively end the era of pandemic threats by 2030.

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