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The United States—unlike the European Union and China—continues to use a 60-year old production method, using chicken eggs, to make H1N1 and other important vaccines. This is not just a public health problem, it is a national security threat.

What’s the connection between vaccines and WMD?

Last year, our Commission unanimously concluded that terrorists are more likely to use biological weapons than nuclear weapons. The United States can be prepared by having the capability to quickly produce vaccines and medicines. The good news: Having this capacity not only makes America more secure, it makes Americans healthier.

What’s the alternative?

More modern methods will shave months off the typical six to nine months that current processes require. These newer methods can produce more vaccine and be quickly scaled-up, on demand. Vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella, polio, and chickenpox all use faster technologies. Further investment can build facilities and identify new approaches.