Anthrax, Influenza, and the Future of Public Health Security
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Köp båda 2 för 1146 krProtecting Transportation: Implementing Security Policies and Programs provides a thorough overview of transportation security in the United States, with a focus on policy. The book coversall major transportation modes and puts the American securi...
R. William Johnstone served on the transportation security staff of the 9/11 Commission, and wrote this book to build upon and supplement the Commission's work. In its pages, he explains the aviation security system failure on 9/11, uses that...
"On or about September 17, 2001, some person or persons mailed a series of anthrax-laden letters to prominent media and political figures. For months a nervous public watched anxiously as health and law enforcement authorities at all levels of the federal system attempted to contain the disease and explain why the citizenry was suddenly vulnerable. Johnstone pierces the cacophony of media and governmental observations about the public health crises that ensued by writing a clear narrative of what happened, and why, during the following five years. Moreover, most of this book demonstrates that the existing public health system was ill prepared to cope with a threat of such scale and scope. The remaining quarter of the book asks 'just how safe are we?' now that both terrorism and global travel can spread disease organisms throughout once isolated and secure human populations. The author concludes that the anthrax crisis has generated some effective policy reforms. However, the evolution and development of new and more lethal germs continue to outpace governmental capacity. Recommended. All readership levels." - Choice
R. WILLIAM JOHNSTONE served on the staff of the 9/11 Commission, after working for over 20 years as a Congressional staff member. He is the author of 9/11 and the Future of Transportation Security. Johnstone is a consultant on homeland and national security matters.
List of Illustrations Preface Chapter 1. The Anthrax Attacks of September/October 2001 Chapter 2. Threats and Risks Chapter 3. The Pre-9/01 Public Health System Chapter 4. Response to the Anthrax Attacks: Criminal Investigation Chapter 5. The Public Health Response to the Anthrax Attacks Chapter 6. Public Policy Response to Bioterrorism, SARS and Avian Flu Chapter 7. Current Status of Public Health Security Chapter 8. Conclusion Notes