Blind spots in biodefense.

Autor: Linder A; Ann Linder is at the Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law and Policy Program, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, USA., Jamieson D; Dale Jamieson is at the Center for Environmental and Animal Protection, Department of Environmental Studies, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Science (New York, N.Y.) [Science] 2023 Feb 17; Vol. 379 (6633), pp. 621. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 16.
DOI: 10.1126/science.adg9237
Abstrakt: In October, the Biden administration released its National Biodefense Strategy (NBS-22), the first update since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Although the document notes that one of the lessons of the pandemic is that threats originating anywhere are threats everywhere, it frames threats as largely external to the United States. NBS-22 focuses primarily on bioterrorism and laboratory accidents, neglecting threats posed by routine practices of animal use and production inside the United States. NBS-22 references zoonotic disease but assures readers that no new legal authorities or institutional innovations are needed. Although the US is not alone in failing to confront these risks, its failure to comprehensively address them echoes across the globe.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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