These secret government warehouses are for preparations in the event of a possible health catastrophe by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called the Strategic National Stockpile, containing almost every available medical supply to address any health issue that may arise.
Medicine and supplies tucked away in secret government warehouses.
These secret government warehouses, however, are strategically situated in different yet secret locations by the US government, for which the supplies found inside these strongholds hold every imaginable medical supplies in the aftermath of a massive chemical, biological or nuclear attack.
“If everybody knows exactly what we have, then you know exactly what you can do to us that we can’t fix,” says Greg Burel a director of the stockpile program. “And we just don’t want that to happen.”
Burel, who was granted the go signal to disclose some general details about the program, pointed out that thousands of citizens may be dependent on these supplies in the event of a catastrophe.
The number of these warehouses, what they contain in detail and their locations are deemed classified, according to Burel, but pointed out that the stockpile inventory is valued over $7 billion.
Foreseeable concerns
Health experts, however, express concerns over how these supplies may be deployed in the event of an emergency.
“The warehouse is fine in terms of the management of stuff in there. What gets in the warehouse and where does it go after the warehouse, and how fast does it go to people, is where we have questions,” says Dr. Irwin Redlener, a director of the Columbia University’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness.
Very extensive stockpile
Burel also said that the stockpile is very large and can be bigger than two super malls combined. The Strategic National Stockpile was believed to have been started way back in 1999 with a seed budget of $50million. Inventory has thus far been increased to keep up with the times.
“We have the capability, if something bad happens, that we can intervene in a positive way, but then we don’t ever want to have to do that. So it’s kind of a strange place,” says Burel. “But we would be foolish not to prepare for those events that we could predict might happen.”
With a possible man-made or weather catastrophe, these secret government warehouses may soon be the answer.
Image Credit: Inside A Secret Government Warehouse Prepped For Health Catastrophes – NPR
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