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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 8253006" data-attributes="member: 177">But... you can't.  I mean, you don't know what the next thing will be.  You don't know what mitigation will come first - vaccine, drug treatment, vector eradication... and what form it would take.  The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines both use new technology that hasn't been ever been approved for use in a vaccine before!  How on Earth do you stockpile for drugs using unforeseen technology?And, of course, everything we are talking about has an expiry date, so we are not talking about a one-time expenditure to create a stockpile.  We are talking about a permanent cost of maintaining a stockpile.  Of materials to make enough of... any possible treatment?   Think about that for a moment.Yes, there are things that should be stockpiled - PPE, for example, and common materials used for supportive care, like respirators.  And there are other long-term actions that can be taken - every national guard unit should be trained to deploy to support and assist medical personnel in case of pandemic. The pandemic plans that we had that were scuttled by the prior administration need to be put back in place.  And overall, we need a long-term plan to foster public support for public health, because above and beyond all the worst issue we faced in this was people who wouldn't comply with regulation to quell the pandemic.</blockquote>