Talk:Bioterrorism

message: What category would Baylisascaris fall under? Nathanlarson32767 06:37, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Baylisascaris

message: The allegation that the US Army deliberately distributed smallpox-infected blankets among Native Americans is not upheld by a consensus of historians.  What sources can you cite to support such an assertion?  Ward Churchill made such accusations in Indians Are Us? and A Little Matter of Genocide, but he has been sharply contested by other historians, including those he quoted for "evidence": http://hal.lamar.edu/~BROWNTF/Churchill1.htm
If there are other, more reliable inquiries to substantiate the allegations of deliberate contamination via the US Army, please include them; otherwise, this possible misinformation should be edited out.  (Note that I am in no way contesting the well-documented suggestion, if not implementation, of the British general Lord Amherst's plan to distribute smallpox-infected blankets among Native Americans in 1763.)
:I've deleted the sentence in question.  It is not approprirate ... though it happens ALL the time ... to toss around speculation as fact, particularly without any reference material to back it up.  The reason why I passed through here is that I'm generally tightening up information surrounding the smallpox article, and this article is appropriately in the "what links here" cloud. Courtland 03:33, 2005 Mar 1 (UTC)
There is no evidence the US Army did any such thing.  However, the Army did conduct an experiment in New York City, where an Army investigator dropped light bulbs filled with an inert powder from the rear of a subway train in order to evaluate how quickly an aerosolized bio agent would infect people and how many would be infected.  I have a textbook somewhere which details this event, but until I can retrieve it so I can provide a specific citation, I'm not going to include that in the article. 17:16, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Allegation needs to be substantiated 

message: As I do my "Skip the "Plague (disambiguation)" (You can help)" work, I came to this page.  The use of Plague here seems to point close to Bubonic plague, which is what I changed the link to, but that article mentions only one bacteria and here it implies there are several.  I suspect both might be correct in the context, but I don't know how to make it clear here.  John (Jwy) 23:02, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusion 

message: * The merge template has been here for almost a year.  I don't see any reason to merge this with biological warfare.  Terrorism, by definition, is something specifically aimed at civilians, while warfare isn't always (usually not?) aimed at civilians but rather involves military forces.  These are definitely distinct topics, in my opinion.  Anyone agree or disagree?  If there's agreement, then let's remove the merge template.  -Aude (talk | contribs) 19:22, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Please note the date stamp on these sections, these proposals were made two years ago. I've set up an achiever. ChyranandChloe (talk) 04:08, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with biological warfare? 

message: * Emerging Health Threats Forum
* EU Health Portal Information on EU activities related to bioterrorism
* Green Goo - Life In The Era Of Humane Genocide by Nick Szabo
* Bioterrorism: Plague as a biological weapon
* The CDC's Emergency Preparedness & Response (Bioterrorism) Website
* Fighting Fear of a Bioterrorism Event With Information Technology: Real-World Examples and Opportunities
* USAMRIID’s Medical Management of Biological Casualties Handbook
* The Sunshine Project: Protection or Proliferation? Map and Publications on the US Biodefense Program
* Bioterrorism News from Genome News Network (GNN)
* NOVA: Bioterror
* Pandemics and Bioterrorism: From Realistic Threats to Effective Policies Short program at MIT
Above is the old External links, some links have been removed, some can be used as references. ChyranandChloe (talk) 05:33, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links cleaup 

message: I suggest to remove the Ricin paragraph as it is an act of poisoning and not Bioterrorism. - Aves Paladin (talk) 09:19, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove Ricin 

message: Sarin is a Chemical Agent and therefore belongs to Chemical Terror and not Bioterror. - Aves Paladin (talk) 09:22, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove Sarin Attack 

message: "Instead, the use of poisonous mustard gas became the biological weapon of choice.[6][dubious – discuss] "
This is a chemical weapon, and not a biological one. Right? 213.47.144.254 (talk) 13:26, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mustard Gas 

message: Why was the section on Rajneeshee bioterror attack removed? I see that someone put it back, I'm curious why the person who removed it did so. BiologistBabe (talk) 17:09, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rajneeshee bioterror attack 

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message: As a reference in biohazzards, the COVID-19 outbreak should be included for general pandemic response and government mobilization data. Although no particular organization has claimed the global situation, it obviously should be considered. Habatchii (talk) 12:11, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  COVID-19 

message: The inclusion of toxins in this article seems dubious. The CDC definition of "bioterrorism" given in citation 4 says it  "A biological attack, or bioterrorism, is the intentional release of viruses, bacteria, or other germs that can sicken or kill people, livestock, or crops." (https://www.cdc.gov/anthrax/bioterrorism/index.html) The sentence that this is supporting says "Bioterrorism is the deliberate release of viruses, bacteria, toxins or other harmful agents to cause illness or death in people, animals, or plants," but "toxins" is not in the CDC definition.
In addition, the Hummel et al. article in citation 1 does not give a definition of "bioterrorism" that includes toxins. The only references to "toxins" contrast them with biological agents (see p. 5, especially figure 2).Mwphil (talk) 18:52, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, there is indeed uncertainty about including toxins. Geysirhead (talk) 20:20, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  toxins?