Biosecurity must protect human functional capacity

TL;DR - This Nature item argues that biosecurity should protect human functional capacity, not merely prevent infection or death. Because only the title and publication metadata are provided, its specific proposals and evidence cannot be determined.

• Published online in Nature on 22 September 2026.
• Frames preservation of people’s ability to function as a biosecurity objective.
• Likely broadens conventional biosecurity risk assessment, but the supplied content does not specify how functional capacity should be defined or measured.