Biological terrorism

Although research and equipment may have advanced (furthering the threat of spreading diseases) the history of biological warfare and its success stretches across centuries. “ Military leaders in the Middle Ages recognized that victims of infectious diseases could become weapons themselves. During the siege of Caffa, a well-fortified Genoese-controlled seaport in 1346

I agree that biological weapons are more likely to be attained, created, and deployed by terrorist than a nuclear weapon. The government does need to more aggressively to reduce proliferation of weapon availability or mitigate the damage caused by one, whichever is more practical and effective. Several factors make biological weapons more likely for use by terrorist than nuclear arms. Availability of weapon components One researcher determined that a hand full of biologists and

Subjective classification: Subjective jail classification is a system that relies on the “gut” feeling of the classification staff when making decisions, especially housing decisions. This approach relies on a review of jail records (if inmate had been incarcerated before), current charge, criminal history (prior incarcerations), social history, substance abuse history, mental health history, and the impressions of the classification staff interviewer to make placements. Subjective jail classification

The Hot Zone, written by Richard Preston is the true and dramatic story of the outbreaks of the frightening, unknown and incurable filoviruses; Marburg, Ebola Zaire, Ebola Sudan and Ebola Reston. This book covers the first documented outbreak of the virus and continues to cover more outbreaks over the course of 23 years. These sisters viruses are highly infective and destroyed entire communities throughout Africa with the deaths of 50- 90% of their victims. The effects are similar and horrifying

There is an odorless, undetectable killer that could wipe away all traces of animal-life. Anthrax is the oldest biological weapon known to mankind, now mainly in the form of a white powder. Current resources are limited but scientist are constantly working to combat this bacterial weapon. Because anthrax is so undetectable, it can take days to see the effects of anthrax manifest inside the host, often it is too late to do anything about it. The reason this bacteria is so deadly is because spores

One of the reasons as to why the commission believes that terrorists are more likely to obtain biological weapons than nuclear weapons is because some biological weapons are much simpler and easier to make than nuclear weapons (Abramson, 2012). Moreover, the materials that are needed to create a biological weapon could easily be obtained from innocuous endeavors that improve the quality of human life (Abramson, 2012). On the other hand, if a terrorist organization would try to conduct a nuclear attack

According to Powerpoint on Select Agents and Toxins in Module 2, a select agent is a biological agent that has the potential to pose a severe threat to animal health and safety, plant health and safety, or to the safety of animal or plant products. Biosecurity is a set of procedures intended to protect humans or animals against disease or harmful biological agents, according to Module 1, Biosecurity and the Importance of Invasive Species. According to the CDC video, "History of Bioterrorism" in Module

Chapter four of Viruses, Plagues, and History, entitled Smallpox, provided a broad spectrum of information about smallpox as well as exploring its potential to return and once again cause death and devastation. I found this chapter to be especially terrifying because of the stress put on the fact that smallpox could be weaponized by bioterrorists. All of the information about smallpox itself as well as its history as a virus and a weapon really scared me because it could cause so much devastation

Ships Live Anthrax Spores The Dugway Proving Ground is a US Military Level 3 biodefence laboratory that was opened in 1942 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was opened after the attack on Pearl Harbour for the purpose of testing chemical and biological warfare weapons. In 2001, after the 9/11 attacks and the anthrax mail attacks it was assigned the task of researching anthrax (Burns & McCombs, 2015). In 2015 it was found that the lab mistakenly shipped live anthrax samples to 52 different labs

The Anthozoa, Alcyonium Digitatum, looks like an irregular cluster of decomposing fingers. This is why it is more commonly known as Dead Man’s Fingers. This soft coral appears to be fuzzy looking from the polyps. These creatures can live to be 20 years old. A mature colony is about 20 mm thick, while a younger one is around 10 mm in diameter. A fully grown Dead Man’s Fingers colony can be up to 20 mm. They can appear to be orange or pink, but from July to December, they become inactive and develop