On Friday, September 3, 2021, the White House released its much-anticipated pandemic preparedness plan. This detailed 27-page document lays out a 10-year vision that will centralize efforts currently spread across a myriad of agencies, into a ‘Mission Control’ which will act as a unified program management unit. This much needed change would allow for broad authority to implement and update plans with milestones, assess and report on progress, shift funding between agencies as needed, coordinate between the public and private sectors, and conduct exercises to test our preparedness.
