Us Still Vulnerable To Biological Threats

https://homelandprepnews.com/storie...paredness-news-top-5-articles-of-the-week_120


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Article quotes retired US Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut.

Article mentions former DHS Director Tom Ridge. Believe he was also Gov of Pennsylvania. He is a Vietnam Veteran.

 

Tomorrow is Super Bowl Sunday 2024. The event is happening in Las Vegas. The DHS has gone to great lengths to secure that venue. Tomorrow, we'll see if they succeded in preventing an attack.

The thing about biological weapons is that they usually are not selective.

"Mass-Gathering Events Like the Super Bowl Remind Us That Post-9/11 Security From Biological Attacks Still Lacking More Than 20 Years Later"

https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matt...tacks-still-lacking-more-than-20-years-later/

"The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, changed our daily lives and the federal approach to security in ways that we still experience today. How we move through airports and tolerate more biometric and video surveillance across major cities are two examples. The two of us were privileged, as the chairman of the Senate Committee from which the creation of the Homeland Security Department came and the Department’s first Secretary, to be much involved in the restructuring of the federal government after 9/11 which we believe improved our homeland safety and security in many ways.

"One thing that has not changed in all these years – and that continues to frustrate us – is our nation’s inability to quickly detect and respond to the release of deadly biological agents. As the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other federal agencies work with the NFL to prepare for the Super Bowl in Las Vegas on February 11, we are very troubled that we have not done all we could to help them do their jobs more effectively. The public is still at too much risk of biological illness, especially where large numbers of people gather. We cannot allow another year to pass with this broken system.

"This problem dates back to 2003, when the federal government launched BioWatch, a DHS system of nationally distributed detectors that sample the air for specific harmful pathogens in a few dozen U.S. cities. Ideally, if a terrorist were to drop, for instance, a vial of anthrax spores onto a subway platform, BioWatch would quickly detect it. The problem is BioWatch simply does not work.

"Rather than improving over time by incorporating the latest technological advancements, BioWatch instead relies on the same technology first installed 20 years ago. It relies on the wind blowing in optimal directions. It takes up to 36 hours to be able to alert for the possible presence of pathogens. And, it has limited ability to differentiate between normal background and deadly organisms.

"Making a bad situation worse, the federal agencies involved in determining what to do with BioWatch test results have often disagreed as to which course of action to take and do not always consult on-the-ground first responders, even though many response decisions fall to state and local leadership. In short, it is ineffective in assisting first responders such as those preparing to protect fans at the Super Bowl.

"With wars now raging in Ukraine and Gaza, nation states such as Russia, Iran, and North Korea actively working to develop biological weapons, and terrorists trying to obtain biological agents to attack us, the United States must urgently invest to improve this critical missing part of our homeland security."
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"A WUHAN IN YOUR BACKYARD? MORE THAN 200 DANGEROUS BIOLABS RIGHT HERE IN THE U.S."

https://www.zerohedge.com/sponsored...yard-more-200-dangerous-biolabs-right-here-us

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Dr. Jim Thorp, one of the leading freedom-fighting doctors during the COVID pandemic, is sounding the alarm when it comes to these hazardous and illegal biolabs and the threats they pose:

“The threat of hazardous and illegal biolabs is more than just a remote threat. You don’t have to travel to Wuhan or Ukraine to uncover these breeding grounds for the next pandemic – indeed we have seen them discovered here in the United States. Our government must immediately step-up efforts to shut down these dangerous biohazard labs at home and abroad and until these labs are shuttered for good, I encourage all Americans to stockpile the medications necessary to protect you and your family.”

It's not just the illegal biolabs that constitute a threat to the American public, as Dr. Thorp has pointed out:

“It’s not just illegal biolabs that we need to be concerned about. There are more than 200 legal biosafety level 3 or 4 labs that work with dangerous pathogens here in the United States. These lightly guarded facilities represent a clear and present danger to hundreds of millions of Americans.”

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Porton Down: What's inside the UK's top-secret laboratory?

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48540653

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Inside Porton Down, the UK's top secret laboratory, scientists carry out research into chemical weapons and deadly diseases. BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner was given rare access to the highly secretive facility.

The laboratories are where some of the country's top scientists carry out research into the world's most dangerous pathogens - diseases that can kill us.

Ebola, plague and anthrax are among the life-threatening diseases under study at this secluded base.


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