Fighting Bioterrorism
Fighting Bioterrorism | Deficiencies in the Health Care System Threaten America’s Ability to Respond to Bioterror
Katherine Eban is a Brooklyn-based investigative journalist. She writes about medicine and public health for numerous national magazines.
Summary: The federal government is establishing elaborate programs to protect the United States against bioterrorism. However, it is not addressing problems, such as a lack of staff and facilities and increases in the cost of malpractice insurance, that weaken the country’s health care system to the point where it can barely handle normal activity, let alone a bioterror emergency. The influx of cash for national...
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Table of Contents
- The Bioterrorists: An Overview
- The United States Is Not Prepared for a Bioterror Attack
- The United States Is Committed to Fighting Bioterrorism
- U.S. Agriculture Is Vulnerable to Bioterror Attacks
- Protection of U.S. Agriculture Against Bioterror Attacks Has Been Strengthened
- Deficiencies in the Health Care System Threaten America’s Ability to Respond to Bioterror
- The American Health Care System’s Preparedness for Bioterror Has Improved
- Families Can Prepare for Bioterrorism
- The Public Is Likely to Respond Well in a Bioterror Attack
- Everyone Should Be Vaccinated Against Smallpox
- Individuals Should Decide Whether to Be Vaccinated Against Smallpox
- Only “First Responders” Should Be Vaccinated Against Smallpox
- No One Should Be Vaccinated Against Smallpox
- Scientific Research and Publication Should Be Restricted to Prevent Bioterrorism
- Scientific Research and Publication Should Not Be Restricted
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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