Bioterrorism remains a real threat to United States citizens, and President Barack Obama just announced the country’s new policy to crack down on biological weapons at the International Security and Biopolicy Institute. BioPrepWatch.com reports:
The United States’ goals with its new biological weapons strategy include, “with the international community to promote the peaceful and beneficial use of life sciences,” Tauscher said, “to combat infectious diseases regardless of their cause. We will work to promote global health security by increasing the availability of and access to knowledge and products of the life sciences to help reduce the impact from outbreaks of infectious disease whether of natural, accidental or deliberate origin.
What types of infectious diseases are in mind? The Biological Weapons Convention, which the United States walked out of in 2001, addressed the following:
The 1972 convention bars the development, trade and use of biological weapons, including anthrax, smallpox and other devastating toxins. That treaty, ratified by 163 countries, was not drawn up with enforcement provisions.
If “devastating toxins” were released in your city or town, would you be prepared to protect yourself? You would need an emergency kit with N95 masks for everyone in your family, and the ability to seal at least one room in your home where you can bunker down with your supplies. Do you have enough duct tape for that?
Source:
http://www.bioprepwatch.com/news/211235-us-announces-new-biological-weapons-stance