1/ The aircraft carrier Teddy Roosevelt couldn't protect us from a virus. Instead, the virus took the massive carrier out of service.
Someday, we'll replace the Roosevelt.
The cost of that one new ship will be more than our entire annual anti-pandemic budget.
Someday, we'll replace the Roosevelt.
The cost of that one new ship will be more than our entire annual anti-pandemic budget.
2/ It's not that we lack the resources to protect America from pandemic disease. It's just that we don't align our spending to the actual threats that America faces today.
Our non-HIV global health budget is about $6B.
This year the Department of Defense will spend $738B.
Our non-HIV global health budget is about $6B.
This year the Department of Defense will spend $738B.
3/ Russia and China are bigger threats than ever before. We shouldn't stand down in the fight against major powers and non-state adversaries.
But are conventional military actors really 100x more dangerous than disease?
The answer, of course, is staring us in the face today.
But are conventional military actors really 100x more dangerous than disease?
The answer, of course, is staring us in the face today.
4/ Here's a short piece outlining the first steps we can take to stand up this kind of global anti-pandemic infrastructure.
The next pandemic won't wait for us to act. Congress needs to consider these changes now - so they can be in the 2020/2021 budget.
foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/30/cor…
The next pandemic won't wait for us to act. Congress needs to consider these changes now - so they can be in the 2020/2021 budget.
foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/30/cor…
