8/11/2020 0 Comments GOP Congressman Plans Bill to Speed Up Pandemic Responses, Says Health System 'Caught Flat-footed'Measures to quicken the response to viruses and pathogens with pandemic potential will be laid out to Congress in an act to be introduced by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ).
Gosar, speaking exclusively with Newsweek, said he plans to put forward the bill following the August recess. The proposed legislation would direct the secretary of defense to "carry out a program for the development of rapid and cost-effective medical countermeasures to pandemics." They would be directed to designate a lead within the Department of Defense to implement such a program. The act lays out objectives for actions to be taken upon the discovery of a "virus or other pathogen that may cause pandemic" within 60 days but with a goal to reduce this to 28. These targets would include growing the virus or pathogen in order to identify an antibody or other biological product to target it as part of a "medical counter measure." The aim would then be to develop this to then deliver it to patients within days. ... Read more here : https://www.newsweek.com/pandemic-response-covid-19-coronavirus-rapid-bill-1521934
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