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American tax dollars were hard at work this holiday season at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), where the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act was quietly amended.
No vote required.
The changes, made unilaterally without requiring any legislature vote, expanded the legal countermeasures that the Department may take to combat Ebola or Marburg virus pandemics.
The changes, which are authorized through 2028, have sweeping implications.
The new, amended PREP Act now covers federal funding for counteractions against these viruses, including:
- Devices
- Therapeutics
- Diagnostics… and most importantly…
- Vaccines
Considering there has never been an Ebola or Marburg pandemic in the U.S., these actions appear to be just in time for a pandemic that doesn’t yet exist.
“Pandemics” as a…
