LOG 401 Module 4 – Case #4
Case Assignment
Based upon your reading of the Background materials, and your own additional research, prepare an essay discussing the use of infectious disease as a weapon of international terror. You should address the following questions:
· What are the advantages and disadvantages of microbes, vis-à-vis destructive “hardware” such as guns and bombs?
· What would be the characteristics of an ideal “weapon bug?” Things to consider:
o Vector (i.e., carried by people, animals, in foodstuff, on other goods?)
o Lethality
o Transmissibility (ease with which it is spread)
o Mode of transmission (airborne, direct contact, indirect contact)
o Arrival mode (airplane, ship, on foot)
o Based upon the above, select an organism. Explain your selection.
o Describe the most effective countermeasures.
o What precautions, if any, should logistics companies take, in addition to those prescribed by government regulation? Explain.
REFERENCES
Fidler, D. (2006). International law, infectious diseases, and globalization. (Appendix B: The impact of globalization on infectious disease emergence and control: Exploring the consequences and opportunities. US Institute of Medicine.) Retrieved on 19 March 2015 from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK56586/ *
Hadal, R. (2010). People crossing borders: An analysis of U.S. border protection policies,
Congressional Research Service, retrieved from http://fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/R41237.pdf
IM (2010). Infectious disease movement in a borderless world (Institute of Medicine Workshop). Retrieved on 21 March 2015 from http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12758/infectious-disease-movement-in-a-borderless-world-workshop-summary*
Khosla, S. (2014). The planet’s deadliest infectious diseases, by country (Salon.com., Nov. 1) Retrieved on 21 March 2015 from http://www.salon.com/2014/11/01/the_planets_deadliest_infectious_diseases_by_country_partner/
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