We are a reactionary people. Likely we won't do anything about our bio defense in any meaningful way until there is a "blow-up" of some sort, here or in another part of the developed world.
See this op-ed from
USA Today on the issue of our lack of investment in our public health system,
Measles outbreak drains resources we may need for a future epidemic or bioterrorist attack.
In actuality, federal funding for public health has waned as we move evermore onward away from the anthrax attacks of 2001.
Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.
