The $1.7 trillion omnibus Congress is poised to pass this week has provisions addressing the ability to respond to future pandemics. But it doesn't fulfill the Biden admin's $10 billion request to fight the current pandemic.
The $1.7 trillion omnibus Congress is poised to pass this week has provisions addressing the ability to respond to future pandemics, but some experts say its lack of new spending, including on COVID-19, will leave Americans vulnerable.The virus has evolved significantly since the beginning of the pandemic, rendering vaccines less effective and some treatments useless. And new health threats could hit at any time.
The underlying spending bill would deliver funding bumps for needs such as public health infrastructure and data surveillance upgrades and a hospital preparedness program."I'm delighted that there's a bipartisan action, but there's a whole lot more that needs to get done," said Tom Frieden, a former CDC director now president of the group Resolve to Save Lives. "I wouldn't want people to think, 'Well, Congress's kind of checked that box.
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