This is simply what happens when you dismantle your public infrastructure over 20 years. You get to the point where its a threat to national security.
Half the states in America don't have federal experts trained in bioterrorism.
CDC labs are underfunded.
The FDA inspected only 1 percent of food imports under its jurisdiction in 2001 and is in desparate need of more inspectors.
The EPA is years behind its schedule in safeguarding the water supply against bioterrorism.
Tommy Thompson said "public health is a national security issue" yet we all know what most people think when hear the words public health.
<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0007150474/026-2344556-0430043">source</a>, pp. 115-118