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What if Terrorists Could Weaponize Covid?
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
How to Defend Against Biological Terrorism
The Sarenghast attack is a reminder that there are groups out there who would be very happy to unleash apocalyptic harm if they could. So what rules do you have in mind that might help us defend against that? Well, there are things we could do. One of them is testing the wastewater with DNA sequencers at every airport or port of entry in Europe in the U.S. That's about 300 places. You'd find very rapidly if someone was releasing something, would it save everyone? Maybe not. Other things we can do is, if I want to order some DNA from one of the sort of Amazon-like places that sell it on the internet, we should have some
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