>>509058605 (OP)Here’s a bird’s-eye view of the Bipartisan Commission’s April 2024 National Blueprint for Biodefense:
• Scope & Urgency – Warns that the United States is “dangerously unprepared” for the full spectrum of biological threats—from naturally emerging pandemics to lab accidents and deliberate bioweapons—and calls for immediate, coordinated action.
• Leadership & Governance – Recommends establishing a White House–level Biodefense Coordinator, consolidating fragmented programs across agencies, and creating clear accountability chains spanning federal, state, local, tribal and private sectors.
• Intelligence, Attribution & Deterrence – Urges enhancement of bio-intelligence collection, forensic attribution tools to trace biothreats back to their source, and a deterrence doctrine to dissuade would-be adversaries.
• Science & Technology – Calls for sustained investment in next-generation diagnostics, broad-spectrum antivirals and vaccines; modernization of regulatory pathways; and rigorous oversight of synthetic-biology research to prevent misuse.
• Preparedness & Workforce – Stresses the need to fortify the public-health and biomedical workforces, shore up the Strategic National Stockpile, and reinforce supply-chain resilience for critical medical countermeasures and equipment.
• Detection & Surveillance – Advocates building an integrated global early-warning network, scaling genomic sequencing programs and real-time data-sharing between health agencies, labs and intelligence services.
• Response, Recovery & Mitigation – Recommends interoperable, whole-of-society response plans, routine large-scale exercises, transparent public-risk communications and metrics to measure and improve national resilience.
• Call to Action – Urges Congress and the Administration to codify these recommendations into law, secure dedicated funding, and institute an annual biodefense review to ensure progress and accountabil
