The NY Times Magazine recently ran an expose titled:  How Ready Are We for Bioterrism?    Conclusion: NOT READY YET.       One has to PREPARE first.   http://troll.me?p=98557   Once upon a time, a long time ago, namely June 2001, our US government ran a national security exercise called Dark Winter  simulating a smallpox attack, to see if the country was ready for a biological weapon attack. Conclusion: NOT READY YET.   Please note the names of the people involved in this drill.   Exercise Summary:    On June 22-23, 2001, the Center for Strategic  and International Studies , the Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian  Biodefense Studies , the  ANSER Institute for Homeland Security , and the  Oklahoma City National Memorial Institute for the Prevention Terrorism ,  hosted a senior-level war game examining the national security,  intergovernmental, and information challenges of a biological attack on  the American homeland.  With tensions  rising in the Taiwan Straits, and a maj...