Essays on Anthrax

Outbreaks of infectious disease is a problem that has existed throughout the history of the United States of America with three influenza outbreaks in the 20th century killing approximately 604,000 Americans between 1918-1968 (Johnstone, 2008, p. 1). While pandemics are quite noticeable, a biological weapon attack may be less noticeable. This is a huge issue when it comes to Anthrax which can remain dormant and undetected within an area for a number of years before finding a host to contaminate (Johnstone, 2008, p. 2). Another issue with Anthrax is that it is near indestructible. However, the United States ...

What public- and private-sector resources could be used to respond to the threat?

First of all, it is essential to be aware of the fact that the act of chemical or biological terrorism may range from the food product contamination to the aerosolized anthrax spores’ dissemination. That is why, it is almost impossible to make the forecasts regarding the time of occurrence of particular terroristic act as well as the place and method, used for this purpose. At the same time, it is obvious that the public- and private-sector should not ignore the probability of such forms of terrorism. This statement may be supported by increased rates of the frequency of such ...

The article “A Brief History of Medical Diagnosis and the Birth of the Clinical Laboratory”, by Darlene Berger, is an interesting read, which thoroughly explores the subject at hand. This article, which is Part 1 in a series of four articles, discusses medical advances from. “Ancient times through the 19th century.” Berger makes very succinct observations about advances in medicine and the advent of the clinical laboratory. She does an excellent job of objectively discussing many of the important discoveries in medical history, providing stirring examples of success and of failure in the context of medical history, and cites ...

FBI VS Jewish Defense League

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been in operation as a major criminal investigation bureau in the US. This national crime-fighting agency of security goal is to protect America and the larger international community from criminal dangers that affect the world today (US Department of Justice, 2011). It was started in 1908 when Theodore Roosevelt was the president of the US by Robert Bonaparte (Weiner, 2013). Robert Bonaparte was the then attorney general of the US. It started as a task force of special agents, whose work was to track the major crimes that were happening in various ...

Abstract

The use biological weapons of mass destruction (WMD) are one of the most dangerous form of terrorism ever invented. In contrast to ‘conventional’ suicide bombings, killing sprees, or use of chemical agents, the symptoms of attack are not immediately obvious. Therefore, it requires special response approaches, especially, when a potential attack may take place in a venue, where many people will be present. In addition to potential exposure of tens of thousands of attendees at a Democratic-Republican Party Convention in Miami-Dade, among the participants will be the top politicians of the country, whose safety is a matter of national ...

Introduction

As the Director of Security at the New York metropolitan airport that services both public and private carriers, I was expected to address the biological threat that faced the organization. News of the anthrax scare had disrupted the normal operations of the firm and employees become unsettled because of the threat. The anthrax scare prompted me to facilitate a rapid identification of the source of the biological threat as well as the route of exposure. The paper will comprehensively address the public and private-sector resources that could be utilized to respond to the threat. Moreover, it will also highlight ...

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Genre Analysis of Blurbs It is interesting to note the nature and range of adjectives, complex-nominal and verbs. This is because these parts of speech factor heavily in genre analysis. One notable part of speech that this paper will focus on is the blurb. The blurb represents an interesting and thought-provoking series of events.. It is important to analyze the text for its structure and would be done by identifying the move structure of the blurb.

The data used here presents a three-move structure that includes:

1. Evaluation: A word written by the same author of the books or novels. It may also be written by ...

The blurb taken as illustration for genre analysis represents an interesting and thought-provoking series of events. It is interesting to note the nature and range of adjectives, complex-nominals and verbs. It is important to analyze the text for its structure and would be done by identifying the move structure of the blurb.

The data used here presents the typical six move structure which includes:

Headlines: This move is to attract the attention of the reader and in the data used for this analysis; the headlines include the text which gives detail of anthrax attack on US post 9/11 attacks. ...