The Germy Paradox – Georgia Ray
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A presentation by Georgia Ray, a student in George Mason University's Biodefense program, on "The Germy Paradox."
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The Germy Paradox – Georgia Ray
- 1. The Germy Paradox Why haven’t we seen more biological weapons? Georgia Ray @eukaryotetweets
- 2. 2 Where is everyone?
- 3. 3 Where is everyone? Where are they?
- 4. NON-STATE ACTORS ⦁ Aum Shinrikyo ⦁ Rajneeshpuram ⦁ 2001 anthrax letters to American senators ⦁ Al Qaeda STATES ⦁ Japan ⦁ Rhodesia ⦁ UK ⦁ US ⦁ USSR ⦁ USA ⦁ Canada ⦁ Israel ⦁ South Africa ⦁ Iraq 4
- 5. But they haven’t really been used. ⦁ 1940’s - Japanese use against Manchurian civilians ⦁ ... 5
- 6. $1/death vs. $800 for nuclear weapons. 1969 United Nations estimate $1 million, 1 month, 3 employees Necessary for producing anthrax 2002 Department of Defense study $1.6 million for a BW factory 1999 DTRA estimate 6 Aren’t bioweapons “the poor man’s nuke”?
- 7. 1. It’s harder than we think 7 🔬
- 8. 2. People don’t like disease 8 🤢
- 9. 3. Nuclear weapons got there first 9 🚀
- 10. What do we do with this? 10
- 11. 11
- 12. 12 🌍 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢
- 13. 13 🌍 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢 🤢
- 14. 14 🌍 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢 🤢 🤢
- 15. 15 🌍 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢 🤢 🤢 🌊
- 16. 16 🤢 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢 🔬 🤢 🚀 ? ? ?
- 17. 17 🤢 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢 🔬 🤢 🚀 ? ? ?
- 18. 18 🤢 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢 🔬 🤢 🚀 ? ? ?
- 19. 19 🤢 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢 🔬 🤢 🚀 ? ? ?
- 20. 20 🤢 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢 🔬 🤢 🚀 ? ? ?
- 21. 21 🤢🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢🤢 🤢 🔬 🤢 🚀 ? ?
- 22. 22 Thanks!Discuss: ● Why do you think more states aren’t developing or using bioweapons? (e.g. what are your filters?) ● How do you expect emerging biotechnologies to influence bioweapon development or usage?Feel free to ask me questions. Find me here, or at @eukaryotetweets & geo.i.ray@gmail.com Find more info at eukaryotewritesblog.com/category/the-germy-paradox Photos are in the public domain. Thanks to the people who produced this slideshow template: Presentation template by SlidesCarnival, Background by Paaatterns.
Editor's Notes
- Could be both “why they’ve never been developed” and “why we expect a lot of retaliation upon usage”