By Christopher Carey, MA
[Note: This paper was originally prepared in the 1990s. It is as applicable and generally useful now as it was then, as the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) virus outbreak continues. It was presented so as to be readily understandable by the lay person.]
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This is a three part examination of the contemporary biological/toxin weapons threat which faces the world on the eve of the new millennium; it is written with especial purpose and particular emphasis on helping educate and prepare the average individual to understand, prepare for, and protect against a `worst case’ biological threat of the highest magnitude, should it ever materialize.
PART ONE: THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM
The Chemical Warfare Convention (CWC). Several years ago the final deadline for ratification of the world wide Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) fell due; despite much contentious argument by the USA, Russia and China over provisions and ramifications, last minute negotiations between the major hold-outs were unsuccessful and the CWC was put into general effect.
Official US hesitation to endorse the treaty was (and still is) based upon criticisms that the convention is too weakly written, has too many loopholes, legal discrepancies, and numerous ineffectual enforcement mechanisms, thereby rendering it…
