From the Federal Register: October 21, 2008

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2008-N-0548]


Authorization of Emergency Use of Doxycycline Hyclate Tablet
Emergency Kits for Eligible United States Postal Service Participants
in the Cities Readiness Initiative and Their Household Members

The Authorization contains, among other things,
conditions on the emergency use of doxycycline hyclate tablet emergency
kits. The Authorization follows the determination by the Secretary of
the Department of Homeland Security that there is a significant
potential for a domestic emergency, involving a heightened risk of
attack with a specified biological, chemical, radiological, or nuclear
agent or agents--in this case, Bacillus anthracis.

Among other things, section 564 of the act allows FDA to authorize the use of an unapproved medical product or an unapproved use of an approved medical product during a domestic emergency, or a significant potential for a domestic emergency, involving a heightened risk of attack with a specified biological, chemical, radiological, or nuclear agent or agents.

. . . the Secretary must declare an emergency justifying the authorization based on one of the following grounds:

. . .a domestic emergency, or a significant potential for a
domestic emergency, involving a heightened risk of attack with a
specified biological, chemical, radiological, or nuclear agent or
agents;

. . .military emergency, or a significant potential for a military
emergency, involving a heightened risk to United States military forces
of attack with a specified biological, chemical, radiological, or
nuclear agent or agents.

. . .A determination by the Secretary of a public health emergency
under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act) that
affects, or has a significant potential to affect, national security,
and that involves a specified biological, chemical, radiological, or
nuclear agent or agents, or a specified disease or condition that may
be attributable to such agent or agents.

The Secretary has delegated his authority to issue an EUA under section 564 of the act to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs.

Very scary after just reading GreyFoxSolid's newest thread "Odd police info given to me"

We need to watch where this is going.

scenario:

nighttime, planes fly overhead dropping their deadly cargoes over urban centers