A Loud, Screechy Post About Influenza and Biodefense

Over at What's New in Life Science Research, I have a post about how screwed up it is to be worrying about bioterrorism when we can't even handle annual influenza.

I've turned off comments here, so go comment over there.

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In my piece with DarkSyde yesterday, I mentioned a bioterrorist attack with Salmonella that took place in Oregon in the 1980s.
Most microbiologists, you know, the experts , are not very thrilled with the emphasis being placed on bioterrorism.
Mark Pendergrast writes: Instead of responding to last week's commentaries on this book club blog about my book, Inside the Outbreaks, I want to throw out a controversial idea that runs counter to what many public health commentators apparently believe.