“We face an unprecedented number of complex biological threats,” said Deborah Rosenblum, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs. “The Biodefense Posture Review fully assesses the biological threat landscape through 2035. This review outlines significant reforms and lays the foundation for a resilient total force that deters the use of bioweapons, rapidly responds to natural outbreaks, and minimizes the global risk of laboratory accidents.”
CONCLUSION:
National Security Strategies with BIOsafety as the centerpiece are being formulated in response to COVID-19 outbreak.
The Policy document:
1. Makes references such as ‘Bad Actors’ & ’State Actors’ and Pg1(Exec Summary) calls out PRC:
2. Proposes a Joint Coordination Plan for various state agencies in the event of “Bio” incidents, accidents & attacks.
3. Proposes investments in Tools, Protective Kits, Therapeutic and neutralizing compound discoveries as well as a Biosurvellience Program.
We still vividly remember the first few weeks of March 2020 when COVID first hit us.
We were one of the volunteers scrambling to get any and all “ventilators “ we could get our hands on.
We believe a policy document like this for our INDIA will be a massive, positively impactful and echos alignment of incentives; act as a guiding framework to help the country and its Quad Partners to take a lead in preparing for next advent.
We are working along with GOI's DRDO Overhaul committee and how we can plug into its distribution network.
