Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense

“We must rebuild and sustain our domestic manufacturing and supply chain capacity. Today, in the US we still depend on other countries for many products, even if their values don’t align with ours.” - Taylor Sexton, Executive Director, Medical Countermeasures Coalition…

“Operation Warp Speed was not about a few people or politics. Operation Warp Speed was about America. The Nation rallied and hundreds of thousands of people worked together to accomplish what was thought to be an impossible goal.” - Dr. Matthew Hepburn, Executive Vice President,…

“Recent modeling suggests had a COVID-19 vaccine been delivered within the first 100 days, it would have saved 8 million lives and $14 trillion. The capabilities to do this are within reach but require sustained R&D investment.” - Dr. Richard J. Hatchett, CEO, Coalition for…

“The long arm of recovery never gets the attention it needs, especially when considering mental health impacts not just on the community, but also the first responders.” - Dr. Ali S. Khan, Dean, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center @DrAliSKhan @unmc

“During COVID-19, our primary objectives were to 1) slow or stop the spread, and 2) ensure continuity of government.” - Clint Osborn, Director, District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency @DC_HSEMA

“We must have the right people in our workforce to maintain readiness and respond effectively.” - Dr. Erica Pan, Director and State Public Health Officer, California Department of Public Health, and former California State Epidemiologist

“Compared, to human biosurveillance, we don’t have the same level of integration when it comes to wildlife biosurveillance” - Dr. Patricia R. Bright, Former Senior Science Advisor, One Health/Global Health Security, United States Geological Survey, @USGS

Today, NTI's David Stiefel will be speaking on a Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense panel on Biodefense in Crisis: Danger and Opportunity. He will join top experts on biological threats to address critical priorities in biodefense. Learn more: biodefensecommission.org/events/biodefe…

“We take our food and agriculture system for granted. It is constantly under attack and we are not funding it’s security.” - David Stiefel, MA Director, Global Biological Policy and Programs, @NTI_WMD

“Healthier communities are better off when they face health security threats in the future. Preparedness is not a point in time but a continuous exercise.” - Lori Tremmel Freeman, MBA Chief Executive Officer, National Association of County and City Health Officials…

“The commitment to saying we have a problem, but there is something we can do about it, is empowering. We have to overcome fatalistic cognitive bias.” - Michael L. Place, MD (Major General, US Army – Ret) Former Chief of Staff, Office of the Surgeon General and US Army Medical…

The Commission's meeting is happening now! #BiodefenseInCrisis More information here: biodefensecommission.org/events/biodefe…

Evolve or die. We need biodefense that evolves faster than the myriad biological threats coming at the Nation. For recommendations on what the national biodefense enterprise absolutely must do, see: biodefensecommission.org/reports/the-na…

Join us this month for the next meeting of the Commission on July 22, 2025! Register now: biodefensecommission.org/events/biodefe…

As the US disease burden increases, lab testing becomes even more essential for everything from biological attribution to outbreak control. We need the labs close and we need them funded. For recommendations on labs and other SLTT biodefenders, see: biodefensecommission.org/reports/holdin…

As with any campaign, we need a strategy, we need funding, we need leadership, and once we gain the high ground, we need to keep the high ground for biodefense. For what to do and how to do it, see: biodefensecommission.org/reports/the-na…

Join the Commission for our next public meeting on July 22nd! Register here: biodefensecommission.org/events/biodefe…

Let's make sure that the Department of Defense has what it needs to defend against biological weapons. For this year's recommendations, see: biodefensecommission.org/reports/battle…

28 Years Later comes out tomorrow (6/20). Yes, your days (and years) are numbered, but you still have time to listen to our discussion of 28 Days Later on the #Biollywood podcast and prepare to deal with the rage. Listen to it at: podbean.com/media/share/pb… @28YearsLaterMov…