Bioterrorism

Introduction Defined by the Patriot Act of 2001, critical infrastructures are; "systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination of those matters" (107th Congress, 2001). The National Infrastructure Protection Plan: Partnering for Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience…

evaluation possible attacks. Various departments in the hospital, and poison control centers will report any suspicious injuries and illnesses that could have been a part of CBRNE equipment. There will be multilevel laboratory response network for bioterrorism in all states, and major cities. There would also be up-to-the minute emergency information to contain the area, and inform the public. Not all countries are a part of the Proliferation Security Initiative. Individuals and terrorists…

revenue centers, and offices are a few of the many such areas of the public sector. An example of a public sector would be the Centers for Disease Control. During a disaster, the CDC can “...provide disaster-related medical information...such as bioterrorism, chemical emergencies, radiation emergencies, mass casualties...” (Phillips, Neal, & Webb, 2012, p. 21). On top of that, the CDC helps with the training and equipping emergency response teams; in other words, the CDC plays a vital role in…

As contemporary as it is, the huge vaccine-autism debate has caused different implications on the population, which is still suffering the repercussions. Since the publication of Wakefield’s study, the percent of MMR vaccinated children in England dropped from 92 to 80%, which signifies an increase in measles, mumps and rubella cases all around the country (Callahan 6). Moreover, according to the World Health Organization, every year 2.5 million unvaccinated children die of diseases preventable…

applications for phages. In addition to their usefulness in the healthcare industry, bacteriophages are also known for their ability to kill pathogens on foods such as fresh fruits and vegetables. Finally, phages may also assist in ending the threat of bioterrorism in the world, as scientists have begun to discover some which destroy harmful strains of anthrax (Black & Black, 2015). Overall, bacteriophages are highly useful, and their many applications should be studied in greater detail in…

2001 anthrax attack, approximately 10,000 people received antimicrobial prophylaxis and we had no resultant disease (Adalja et al., 2015). The United States has since been investing more in prevention, surveillance, and preparation for potential bioterrorism attacks and additional funding was authorized since 2002 to help the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Environmental Protection Agency (Grundmann, 2014). This lead to the…

Information Technology or IT is the application of computers to store, retrieve, transmit and manipulate data, often in the context of a business or other enterprise. IT is considered a subset of information and communication technology. For years, healthcare facilities have donated money to IT organizations to support the findings of newfound technology that could help to ensure health. There are various tools and machines used that are the only reason some people are still alive now.…

The most devastating use of biological warfare agents happened during World War II, when the Japanese Imperial Army unleashed plague, cholera, typhoid, and other diseases against Chinese civilians, killing an estimated 300,000 (“The Biological Weapons Threat”). In the movie, V for Vendetta, England is set during in a dystopian future where a totalitarian government has been established. The film stars Hugo Weaving, who plays a freedom fighter named V, and Natalie Portman, who plays Evey, a young…

The U.S. has spent billions of dollars countering terrorists and making our own chemical weapons. “Between the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and 2008, the end of the Bush presidency, the United States has spent $44 billion on bioterrorism weapons” (George). Chemical and Biological weapons are very destructive that whats make them so feared. no one who owns the weapons will use them in fear of a retaliation of the same caliber, this creates a cycle from which every country who wants…

the eradicators. The American government starts to be highly aware and search the biological terrorist. Richard Preston revealed important biological history events that most people do not know about, and he led the readers enter to the world of bioterrorism. When I first looked at the title of this book, I did not know what demon is it in the freezer; also, I did not understand why is the picture on the cover is red, which is opposite to the freezer. After I read the several chapters, I was…