FAU Prevention of CBRN Materials and Substances Discussion Responses

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Discussion Responses

Post 1

You mentioned in your post that the public needs to be aware of, and be able to identify materials related to CBRN type attacks. Do you think that having this knowledge would increase the level of fear and panic or only help to build the resilience of the population against the threat? I am all for public awareness and understanding of the threats and potential CBRN agents, however I think that COVID has taught us a lot of lessons about the management of information and ability of the public to respond accordingly. Social media and information sharing platforms also contribute to both the spread of misinformation and contribute to the panic during an event should someone correctly or mistakenly identify a CBRN attack. I think similar to COVID that the government is responsible for keeping citizens informed but only once a CBRN attack has been confirmed and with clear guidance on how to react. 

A successful CBRN type attack may go days to weeks without being noticed as the biological or radiological material takes time to be ingested and symptoms begin to develop. Hospitals would then begin to see an influx of patients presenting with similar symptoms and have to retrace and figure out what and where the attack may have occurred. At this point, I think the healthcare system becomes and important part of the HSINT community as they are able to provide medical information, lab testing, and contact tracing (Green et al., 2019), which support the investigation and response of the intelligence community. COVID has also provided the healthcare community with experience and knowledge of rapid treatment and mass inoculation efforts which would translate very well to a CBRN type response depending on the agent or chemical used. 

Green, M., LeDuc, J., Cohen, D., & Franz, D. (2019). Confronting the threat of bioterrorism: realties, challenges, and defensive strategies. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 19(1), pp. e2-e13.  https://doi-org.ezproxy2.apus.edu/10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30298-6

Post 2

Hi Jimmy, so with all of the different chemicals and biological agents out there that can harm people, animals, and crops, do you believe that we really have enough knowledge in all of our agents that they can easily identify what is out there or do they require specialists that need to be brought in, who then may need to bring more in to finally determine what the threat might be? Explain.