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Despite all the concern over smallpox, we're not ready. For anything, really. See Effect Measure's article on tularemia (via Aetiology):

As reported elsewhere, the "biodefense" sensors for tularemia went off in Washington, DC during the anti-war rally a few weekends ago. These sensors are prone to false-positives from naturally occurring organisms and such alarms have happened before. In this case it is reported that half a dozen sensors went off, so if you are going to bother to have a system like this, you would think someone would pay attention to it.

Reading the various articles, it's pretty obvious that the CDC isn't much better off than FEMA or DHS.

If you're interested in the avian flu, there's an excellent series of articles on Aetiology.

Henry: The article Patrick quoted is satire, written by the inimitable Billmon. You can find the original article by clicking on the "bipartisan coverup" link.

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