Hospitals are preparing for Ebola patients, whose treatment might have been advanced if the Obama administration had made full use of the Bush administration's Project BioShield
Obama Diverted Funds From Its Fight Against Ebola, Other Threats
By Heritage Foundation Melissa Quinn——Bio and Archives--November 3, 2014
Seeking a more robust defense in the event of a bioterrorist attack on the United States, the Bush administration created a $6 billion fund to prepare the nation for such threats, including the deadly Ebola virus.
The Obama administration, however, has not used the range of tools and budget provided by the post-9/11 project, focusing instead on only three targets and diverting at least $1 billion to other priorities, a review by The Daily Signal found.
Nearly five years ago, in fact, the administration’s own biodefense science board warned that project funds “should not be diverted to support other initiatives, regardless of the merit of other purposes.”
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