The COVID-19 pandemic has hit a critical stage, according to the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and as such, the $1.9 billion American Rescue Plan touted by the Biden Administration and advanced by the House last week represents a welcome boost.
“This legislation represents an important step toward our containment of, and recovery from, this pandemic’s impacts,” IDSA said in a statement. “As we follow the pandemic trajectory and aim to bring the pandemic under control, more resources and policies to address ongoing health inequities will likely be needed. More and sustained funding will certainly be necessary in the long run to address the gaps in our public health and biomedical research infrastructure that have been both further exposed and exacerbated by the pandemic.”
This would ideally include long-term investments into affordable health care, global health security, and health equity, as well as greater efforts to meet daily public health needs. For IDSA, the issue is not merely the present pandemic but the potential for future public health emergencies. In this regard, it noted that the COVID-19 relief bill addresses many of the recommendations and concerns voiced by its members and the larger medical, scientific, and public health communities.
The American Rescue plan would provide:
“As new variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 continue to emerge and spread, and the continued development and authorization of new vaccines offer an urgently needed front line of defense, we ask the Senate to approve this life-saving legislation and send it to the President to sign into law,” IDSA said.
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