Thursday, July 31, 2014

REPORT: Ebola Detection Systems Deployed in US

On April 8th Congress was informed by the the Department of Defense that because of emerging threats JBAIDS hemorrhagic fever assays have been deployed to National Guard units of all 50 States.

“By partnering with the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command and the Food and Drug Administration, we have made accessible additional diagnostic assays for high consequence, low probability biological threat agents for use during declared public health emergencies. This collaboration has facilitated the availability of viral hemorrhagic fever diagnostic assays for use during a declared emergency and adds previously unavailable preparedness capabilities to this fielded system…

To address the need for a near term capability to combat emerging threat materials, we have already provided Domestic Response Capability kits to the National Guard weapons of mass destruction civil support teams resident in all 50 states. These kits provide emerging threat mitigation capability that includes detection, personnel protection, and decontamination.”

Source Information (Via SurvivalBackPack):

I find the lead DOD involvement here, rather than the Center For Disease Control, very curious.
-RW

(ht David Jensen)

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