NEW: "As we start to emerge from this pandemic, we& #39;re going to have to rethink what US national security is all about" per In-Q-Tel Exec VP Dr Tara O& #39;Toole at @CSIS

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"In a broader and richer conceptualization of national security...we& #39;re going to have to rethink the institutions, laws & practices that we need to keep out people healthy" per In-Q-Tel& #39;s O& #39;Toole
MORE from In-Q-Tel& #39;s Exec VP Dr Tara O& #39;Toole:

"The #COVID19 pandemic has proven that we cannot rely on stockpiles. We need to be able to make what we need when we need it & basically make it to order"
"Synthetic biology holds out the promise of making this come true" per O& #39;Toole "We& #39;re going to have to rethink how we create supply chains that can be stable & resilient against all kinds of threats"

"We live in an age of epidemics. These epidemics are going to keep coming"
"More epidemics are coming our way" per In-Q-Tel& #39;s O& #39;Toole "We have to have a much more strategic response"

"The technologies are emerging that will allow us to very rapidly design & then manufacture at scale the vaccines that we need"
"The reason we don& #39;t have them is a market failure" says In-Q-Tel& #39;s O& #39;Toole
#China "They want to dominate biotech" per In-Q-Tel& #39;s O& #39;Toole "They see this as key to the world economy" and are building primate research centers, gene banks & partnering tech & bio firms
"Right now, we have to invest in diagnostics [testing]" per In-Q-Tel& #39;s Dr. O& #39;Toole "From what I can tell, right now we do not have the manufacturing capacity that we need to open up the economy again"

re: emerging from #COVID19
"Some could even read out like a pregnancy test-you could do it in your home" per O& #39;Toole "Those would be very useful because people, as they emerge into society again, are going to need to be tested & retested...This isn& #39;t going to be over in one fell swoop"
Despite global competition, "The entire world of bio-medicine is based upon int& #39;l collaboration on the open sharing of scientific ideas" per O& #39;Toole "If we& #39;re going to get a [ #COVID19] vaccine, we need a vaccine for the world, it& #39;s going to take that kind of int& #39;l collaboration"
"We have to find a way, difficult as it might be, to maintain the scientific openness and collaboration...while at the same time being realistic & steely eyed about the differences [with #China]" per O& #39;Toole
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