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Workshop Strand
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Chemical and Biological Weapons -
smallpox |
The threat of
a smallpox attack has gripped the public imagination. Smallpox
has not existed as a naturally occurring virus since 1977, and
no known terror group has access to the disease. Yet some warn
that smallpox would be an ideal weapon for terrorists who wanted
to cause
maximum destruction, while the UK government has spent millions
on smallpox vaccines. How real is the threat of smallpox? |
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William Bicknell MD
Professor of International Health,
Socio-Medical Sciences, and Community Medicine
Boston University
Massachusetts
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biography |
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John Oxford
Professor of Virology
Queen Mary College
University of London
England |
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biography |
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Ross H. Pastel PhD
Lieutenant Colonel
Operational Medicine Division
Fort Detrick
Maryland
USA |
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biography |
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Fiona Fox
Head of the Science Media Centre
London,
England |
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| The ‘Communicating the War on Terror’
conference was part of a wider set of research activities co-ordinated by
King’s College London with a number of partner institutions within
its Economic and Social Research Council funded project on ‘The Domestic
Management of Terrorist Attacks’ under the ‘New Security Challenges’
programme. |
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