Meeting Minutes - US Department of State
Meeting Minutes - US Department of State
Meeting Minutes - US Department of State
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recently with a report that is the National Research<br />
Council or the National Academies <strong>of</strong> Science and<br />
Engineering, after a year-long study <strong>of</strong> protection<br />
against biological and chemical threats. They<br />
indicated when they brief us that they were very<br />
impressed with the passive protection systems that<br />
we have. They actually gave us kudos they couldn't<br />
turn around and say it's the best or anything like<br />
that, but they said they learned an awful lot from<br />
us and they were quite impressed with the systems<br />
that we have in place.<br />
Naturally, there is some interest in<br />
sensors. Some <strong>of</strong> that is ongoing. As we look at<br />
that, we see the ideal combination for critical and<br />
high threat areas, if you can distinguish those, and<br />
so far, our DS folks haven't been able to, where<br />
added sensors might compliment the passive<br />
protection enhanced filtration systems that we have<br />
here.<br />
In addition, you're going to see the<br />
medical pr<strong>of</strong>ession is now starting to look very<br />
seriously at this. And when they start looking at<br />
the dehydration <strong>of</strong> the bugs, whether it be the<br />
things that give you a common cold like I have or<br />
whether it does you a lot more harm, they can<br />
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