Turner Matthew D, Marinconz Kimberly, Shimp Griffin
Emergency Medicine, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, USA.
Cureus. 2025 Jul 22;17(7):e88514. doi: 10.7759/cureus.88514. eCollection 2025 Jul.
With the advancement of technology and the life sciences, bioterrorism poses a unique and ever-evolving challenge to public security. In this article, we discuss one of the largest incidents of bioterrorism in the history of the United States. This attack highlights the unique threat that even resource-limited, small-scale bioterrorism poses to wider society when in the hands of small and highly motivated organizations. Physicians, scientists, and legislators should be well aware of the potential risk this poses in the coming years.
随着技术和生命科学的进步，生物恐怖主义对公共安全构成了独特且不断演变的挑战。在本文中，我们将讨论美国历史上最大的生物恐怖主义事件之一。这次袭击凸显了这样一种独特威胁：当资源有限的小规模生物恐怖主义掌握在规模小但积极性很高的组织手中时，会对更广泛的社会造成影响。医生、科学家和立法者应充分意识到这在未来几年所带来的潜在风险。
