This article addresses the Defense Production Act as it pertains to the US’ systemic failure to prepare for catastrophes like the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The article argues that “the executive branch’s ad-hoc application of the Defense Production Act’s authorities to this pandemic is Exhibit A of how our government, across multiple Republican and Democratic administrations and throughout the national security enterprise, has failed to develop or adapt the Act’s tools for the threats of the 21st century”.
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