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Article: Be prepared: Bioattack manageable.
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- United Press International
- Article date:
- February 13, 2003
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Feb 12, 2003 (United Press International via COMTEX)
(This is one in a five-part series on steps ordinary citizens should take -- and avoid -- to prepare for several types of terrorist attack. The series originally ran on Sept. 6, 2001.)
Even though biological agents do represent a threat to the general population, people can protect themselves and their families from a bioterror attack using everyday supplies and common sense, medical and terrorism specialists told United Press International.
The most likely biowarfare agents fall into three categories: bacteria, viruses and toxins, according to the Henry L. Stimson Center, a Washington think ...