Biden administration presents $65 billion plan to combat next pandemic

The White House announced today its intentions to launch a $65 billion plan dedicated to stopping the next potential biological threat once the COVID-19 pandemic subsides.

During a press call, Eric Lander, President Joe Biden's science advisor and director of the Office of Science and Technology, told reporters that, "the next pandemic will very likely be substantially different than COVID-19" and that the United States must be ready to respond.

In his call, Lander said the COVID-19 pandemic exposed "fundamental issues" within America's public health system and that the country must ramp up its efforts to strengthen its public health workforce, improve health care access, and better relegate the flow of information.

"We need better capabilities also because there is a reasonable likelihood that another serious pandemic that could be worse than COVID-19 will occur soon, possibly even within the next decade," Lander warned.