The White House currently has no dedicated personnel for national biological security, following the resignation of the National Security Council's biosecurity director and the dissolution of his staff. The Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy has also lost its workforce, going from 20 to zero. This absence raises concerns regarding the nation’s capacity to manage biological threats effectively, risking increased illness and fatalities. The biosecurity office was initially created due to past crises, including Ebola outbreaks, underscoring the importance of this unit's role in ensuring public safety.
As of last month, there is no one left in the White House whose sole job is to keep the nation safe from biological threats. The leader of the National Security Council's biosecurity directorate recently resigned.
The Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy, established by Congress in 2022, has dwindled from a staff of about 20 under President Joe Biden to a staff of zero.
Without a leader from the NSC embedded in the White House and ready to coordinate other agencies, more people-including Americans-will get sick and die.
President Donald Trump terminated the NSC's biosecurity office during his first term, but Biden reestablished it-and just in time.
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