How prepared is Americas public health system to identify and contain the threat of bioterrorism?
By C.J. Peters WebMD Live Events Transcript The opinions expressed herein are the guest’s alone and have not been reviewed by a WebMD physician. If you have questions about your health, you should consult your personal physician. This event is meant for informational purposes only. If a terrorist wanted to move to the next level of bioterrorism, what agent might he or she choose? How easy would it be to find and distribute? How prepared is America’s public health system to identify and contain that threat? WebMD posed those questions and more to C.J. Peters, MD, former chief of special pathogens at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and former chief of the disease assessment division at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases. He’s also the co-author of Virus Hunter. Q: While the nation is focused on anthrax, terrorists could be preparing other biological or chemical attacks. Walk us through some that are not familiar to the general public, su
