Violence... The story so far

As an instrument of terror, bacterial attacks are limited in effectiveness. The national impact of Anthrax terror was small, and the medical community responded quite well by rapidly developing new tools to save Anthrax victims. We grow even safer by the day.

Equipping, staffing, and training hospital personnel has been another matter altogether. We are still vulnerable to a simultaneous nationwide attack. Fortunately Anthrax is quite difficult to spread effectively in a military or terror sense.

Other bioterror agents have not yet been tried.

Some useful Links:

Bioterrorism
Center for Disease Control

Primary Bioweapons Links:

Anthrax
Botulism
Hemorraghic Fever
Influenza
Lassa Fever
Plague
Smallpox
Tularemia

Secondary Health Threat Links

Cholera
E. Coli
Hantavirus
Salmonella
Typhoid Fever

Bioterror Links

Health Alert Network
Immunization
Global Migration and Quarantine