Terrorist Attack

Beginning in the early 1990’s, a series of governmental actions against biological warfare and bioterrorism were instituted, including the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control Act, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act, and the Defense Authorization Act. These acts were meant to either dissuade bioterrorists or boost the government’s power in defensive biological warfare research (Lanthrop). In April of 2000, the CDC published a guide, Biological and Chemical Terrorism: Strategic Plan for Preparedness and Response, which covered “planning, detection and surveillance, laboratory analysis, emergency response, and communications” (“CDC”). The APIC and CDC have co-written a guide for hospitals who come into contact with biological agents to follow (“CDC”). To sum up these guidebooks, it is important to look out for the following incidences: an irregular rapid increase in disease occurrences, an epidemic curve, an unusual pattern or time for a disease to thrive, clusters of patients from the same area, large numbers of fatal cases, simultaneous reports of animal deaths (Lanthrop).

Timely and accurate information is essential during a terrorist attack and a natural disaster. Therefore, the government must inform the public of all events. However, officials need to be mindful of the information that is released could expose intelligence in an ongoing investigation and put lives at risk. Crisis communication is a fine line of keeping the public informed and placing them harms

The various local, state, and federal emergency management systems of the United States suffered a crude awakening in the decade of the 2000s. Systems expected to hold up were put to the test and failed to prepare for disaster, mitigate the damage, and, in some instances, actually hampered responses in life-or-death situations. Worse, all failings were highlighted in an age of global communication and mass media, on display first whether a man-made incident like September 11th attacks or natural disaster like Hurricane Katrina. The decade found the complacent government failing to maintain modern emergency management practices, stimulating began a series of doctrinal upgrades and training improvements. Yet, no matter the bureaucracy, writings, or money thrown at a problem, the first responder to the incident has and will continue to influence the outcome. While the individual responder stands as the most important part of

Media partnership is another critical assumption that is used in an emergency situation. The media takes the responsibility of giving information to the public, as well as receiving information from them too. Thus, any emergency response team must work together with the media to give information that is particularly accurate and timely to avert situations that aggravate tension. Emergency managers must have an understanding of the needs and requirements of the media and the value that they come with in emergency response situations (Haddow & Haddow, 2013).

What is Bioterrorism? What are the types of Bioterrorism? What issues or concerns should we be aware of when talking about Bioterrorism? How is Bioterrorism different from the United States and that of Guam? These are some of the things people would think of and wonder when they hear the word Bioterrorism. It’s important to know the different steps or precautions that a person can look into in order to prevent themselves from being a victim of Bioterrorism. First things first, Bioterrorism is defined as the intentional release of toxic biological agents to harm and terrorize civilians, in the name of a political or other cause. The history of Bioterrorism goes way back. According to the Terrorism Issues and Homeland Security, there have always been efforts to use germs and disease as weapons. The reported risk has led the U.S. government to expend immense resources for bio-defense in the early part of the 21st century. According to Right Diagnosis from health grades, there was a list of the different types of Bioterrorism and they are: Anthrax, Salmonella, Glanders, Melioidosis, and Smallpox.

Bioterrorism can easily target citizens by poisoning food and water supplies. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration a.k.a. OSHA stated that there’s over 250 different foodborne diseases and illnesses, and are often mislabeled as food poisoning. These diseases can be potentially fatal to those inflicted. In the article “A Discussion of Findings and Their Possible Implications from a Workshop on Bioterrorism Threat Assessment and Risk Management”, Bruce Hope states that it’s possible to analyze the agricultural and food industries by making fake scenarios of potential threats. This analysis of America’s system can allow for professionals to better secure food supplies and ensure that bioterrorism is less likely of impacting the population. Defense measures can make these buildings invulnerable, or nearly so (Zilinskas, 906). Another method of defense against bioterrorism is vaccination. According to Rebecca Katz in “Public Health Preparedness: The Best Defense Against Biological Weapons” she argues that vaccination is a plausible method of defense against bioterrorism if necessary. She also states “[vaccines] are part of a preattack defense and a postattack containment” (Katz, 177). These vaccinations can aid people in case of smallpox and anthrax, both of which are viable threats to biosecurity. The article also states that while more research is necessary to improve the currently available vaccines, it’s a necessary component of preparing for bioterrorism. Katz states “In order to avoid chaos during an event, development and dissemination prior to an attack of vaccine priority and distribution plans is essential. These plans should incorporate the best methods for controlling the spread of disease, saving the most lives, and ensuring the utility of

Emergency personnel are inherently at risk when responding to a disaster. That risk can be easily exacerbated during a terrorist attack. When responding to the aftermath of a terrorist attack emergency responders must be aware of the conditions of the area they are responding to. For example, the attack could be chemical, biological, or nuclear in nature. Emergency responders must be able to identify the characteristics of an attack quickly and accurately. The initial assessment and reaction to an attack will determine whether the impacts are curtailed or become catastrophic.

At 11:40 this morning, it was confirmed that the man sought in connection to the bombings that devastated New York City and New Jersey has been captured by the authorities. Following an intense shootout with police in Linden, New Jersey, Ahmed Kh Rahami was taken into custody with minor injuries. There were no additional individuals reported injured.

As discussed earlier, many biological agents such as anthrax and Ebola have negatively affected populations in a way that has scarred the scene of bioterrorism forever. As shown throughout many different bioterrorism events, the use of biological agents has been effective in their cause while causing the fear that was attempted to be achieved. Although biological agents are effective, they are too harmful to use in regular warfare. Putting the entire human race in risk of extinction, or even possibly causing an apocalyptic society, is not worth the outcome of a bioterrorism attack. While the point may be made by the terrorist, the end result may throw the entire world into a mess socially and

Bill gates has warned world leaders that Bioterrorism could kill more people than nuclear war, but do we know what bioterrorism is? Bioterrorism also known as biological warfare is defined as use of infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, germs, fungi or toxins against enemy’s soldiers, civilians, animals or crops as a weapon of war. Small pox viruses and bacterium like Yersinia pestis which causes plague are examples of such biological agents. As with other forms of terrorism, its purposes include the undermining of morale, creating chaos, or achieving political goals These weapons are used for either killing or incapacitating people.. In the past, the weapons employed by nations were more easily recognizable and defendable. For example, surveillance allows missile silos to be detected, and counter-strategies put in place to deal with the launch of the missiles. Microorganisms, however, by virtue of their small size can be readily hidden from detection.

There has only been one case of biological terrorism in the U.S., which has been exceedingly expensive and extensive to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, “and arguably the toughest case in FBI history, the assembled reporters told” (Shachtman). There is no way of knowing when chemical or biological terrorism will be, but it will most likely make it accessible to terrorists everywhere when someone somehow creates the “weapon of mass disruption” and gets other terrorists wanting it for their own use. Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear terrorism should have restrictions put on the many, many amounts of chemicals or biological bacterium that can be made at home, or bought in from industrial material makers in mass production of matter already potent enough to be fatal to many individuals at once, and available in large quantities for a standard price for the potential capabilities of death it

　　Bioterrorrism comes the word bio and terrorism.Bio comes the word biological agent while terrorism is violence and threats to intimidate and force people to follow some rules especially when it related to politics. So bioterrorism means sudden outbreak of biological agent dissemination for violence and to threats to intimidate people. They deliberate release these biological agent such as viruses, bacteria, toxin or germs and cause death to innocent people. Viruses have several advantages when comparing with bacteria. Virus is more resistant in antibiotics compared to bacteria. Furthermore, virus is more dangerous compared to bacteria. Virus is very difficult to overcome and can cause severe illness and sometimes lead to death. Biological agent can spread to world by many ways. They can spread through food, air or water. So it makes terrorist`s work easier to force and intimidate innocent people. United State is one of the country that is widely popular of bioterrorism but other developing countries also have this bioterrorism because these developing countries usually attack other countries by bioterrorism. Bioterrorism is the most commonly use because it is easy and can attack people silently or softly because it is very hard to be detected.

The First Terrorist attack in the united states was the 1993, World Trade Center bombing. On February 26, 1993, a Ryder truck with a 1200 lb bomb exploded two floors below the Vista Hotel public parking garage at 12:18. Their plan was to collapse one of the buildings so it would fall into the other and kill thousands of people. The explosion killed six people and injured more than one thousand. The explosion made a 180-foot wide crater.The World Trade Centers had over five-hundred million dollars in damage. Al-Qaeda did this because they wanted o end all aid to Israel, end us diplomatic relations with Israel and wanted a pledge from us to end any of the middle east countries interior affairs which were stated in letters.

Biosecurity as a definition, according to the textbook, Biosecurity and Bioterrorism Containing and Preventing Biological Threats, by Jeffrey R. Ryan, is the measures taken to help protect a nation’s food supply, as well as, agricultural resources from a biological terrorist attack (Ryan, 2016, p. 26). Similarly, the term Biodefense as a definition, according to the textbook Biosecurity and Bioterrorism Containing and Preventing Biological Threats, by Jeffrey R. Ryan, is a procedure designed, by a nation, to protect and improve biological defenses in the case of an attack (Ryan, 2016, p. 26). Why is bioterrorism such an extremely effective way to bring terror to divergent countries? Pursuing this further, most of the common biological agents found in pathogens are obtained from a natural environment (Ryan, 2016, p. 31). In fact, these “biological

One very easy way of launching a biological attack is through the use of our aviation transportation system. At airports such as the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, the Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, and the John F. Kennedy International Airport, in New York, which are gateways to every major city in the United States, processed thousands of travelers every day. The terrorists called “Bio-martyrs” could deliberately infect themselves with a contagious