CDC was never prepared for a crisis like COVID-19, Gottlieb says: A failure of vision cbsnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbsnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Whatever the origin of the
coronavirus, it is and has become a bioweapon. Way before Bill Gates warned us in 2015 about biological pandemics, biological
warfare an emerging threat in the 21st century was the topic of the article above in 2001.
We also have to realise that four years ago Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan said at the Council on Foreign Relations that “
advances in genome editing pose a threat to national security and may be used to create biological weapons .
Nowhere are the stakes higher for our national security than in the field of biotechnology, Brennan stated.
Recent advances in genome editing that offer great potential for breakthroughs in public health are also a cause for concern because the same methods can be used to create genetically engineered biological warfare agents.”
Full transcript of Face the Nation on February 21, 2021 CBSNews
Jake Sullivan, National Security Adviser
Matt Pottinger, Former Deputy National Security Adviser, Fellow, Hoover Institution at Stanford University
Mayor Sylvester Turner, (D-Houston)
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
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MARGARET BRENNAN: I m Margaret Brennan in Washington. And this week on FACE THE NATION, turmoil in Texas. And President Biden makes his international debut, digging in on the challenges affecting the U.S. around the world. Brutal winter weather sparks catastrophe in Texas. Millions were left in freezing cold without power, heat, or water. Dozens are dead, and there is devastation across the state. How could this happen? We ll get an update with mayors of two key cities; Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price. Then, President Biden makes his first appearance at the world s most
Transcript: Matt Pottinger on Face the Nation, February 21, 2021 cbsnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbsnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.