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Attention to bioweapons obscures the real threats

Nature volume 412, page 15 (2001)Cite this article

Sir

Your News Feature “The bugs of war” (Nature 411, 232–235; 2001) brings lucidity to the debate about the threat of biological weapons. Until now, most assessments of this issue have been woefully inadequate in that they have dealt exclusively with political evaluations of possible technical vulnerabilities. Your News Feature gives an up-to-date depiction of the scientific reality behind the lopsided policy deliberations. We would like to add some points.

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Gorka, S., Sullivan, R. Attention to bioweapons obscures the real threats. Nature 412, 15 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35083754

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