Questions to consider
- What bioweapons programs currently exist?
- What have they historically done?
- What strengths/weaknesses do the biological weapons convention have?
- What have they achieved recently, and what are they neglecting which EAs could support?
- How concerned are you about biorisks, and why?
- How are we more/less vulnerable to biorisks now than we have been previously?
- Reasons we might be more vulnerable:
- There is more travel, which allows for the spread of dangerous pathogens.
- We are more densely populated.
- Reasons we might be less vulnerable:
- We have better medicine.
- We have better hygiene.
Resources
As this is an optional week, the readings are a looser summary. Therefore, you're encouraged to go research other information on this topic! Start with the articles that most interest you, and read as much as you can from there.