ANTHROP 2U03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Defense Intelligence Agency, Emerging Infectious Disease, Bioterrorism
6 Dec 2017
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General reading questions week 5: the bioterrorism myth. Reading: washer, chapter 7: the anthrax letters of september 2001 influenced ideas about bioterrorism in the usa because of the actions taken by the us government preceding them. After the anthrax letters, a legislation was introduced that put large amounts of power into the hands of public health officials in the event of a public health emergency, such as bioterrorism attacks. The press saw the passing of this act in 2001 following the letters as government initiative against bioterrorism. The cdc now backed the us, and bioterrorism really emerged as a possible threat. Another result of the anthrax attacks was a large increase in funding by the us government for biopreparedness measures. He described the harm that could be done by the terrorist attacks. In the same week, the us government confirmed press reports that the.
