THE POTENTIAL EFFICACY OF AN AVIATION BIOTERRORIST ATTACK AND ITS PSYCHOSOCIAL CONSEQUENCES
Journal Title: The Polish Journal of Aviation Medicine, Bioengineering and Psychology - Year 2017, Vol 23, Issue 2
Abstract
Abstract: The work concerns the analysis of the possibility of a bioterrorist attack using infected material using modern air transport carriers to infect the human population. It is possible to use passenger and transport planes, but the use of drones and minidrones seems the most dangerous. A bioterrorist attack is very specific and differs from other forms of terrorism, first of all in the possibility of self-replication of the pathogen, as well as the ability to "sleep" its operation even for many years and completely unexpectedly activate it. In such conditions, not only fast medical neutralizing action becomes crucial, but also calming psychosocial reactions and reasonable cooperation of the authorities and the media.
Authors and Affiliations
Olaf E. Truszczyński, Łukasz Macander, Marian Macander
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- DOI 10.13174/pjambp.16.07.2018.03
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