Transcript Can these systems transform homeland defense?

Terrorism:
the Epidemiology of Fear
Ronald LaPorte, PhD.,
Francois Sauer, M.D.,
Carlos Gamboa, M.D.,
Tony Villasenor, BS,
Rania Saad, MD., and
Eugene Shubnikov,
Shock
Disbelief
Depression
Anger
Fear
Helplessness
Where did our children and
community receive Terrorism
Information Sept. 11-20
Global Health Network
Sept. 1, 2001
Towards an Internet Civil Defence against Bioterrorism
Lancet
Germans
Sept 10
Rules of Engagement
Approaches to Homeland Defense
Sept. 10

Sensors
 Better Laboratories
 Public Health Surveillance
 Data Mining Surveillance
Approaches to Homeland Defense
Sept. 11
Approaches to Homeland Defense
Now

Sensors
 Better Laboratories
 Public Health Surveillance
 Data Mining Surveillance
Anatomy of a Terrorist Attack
Preparation
5 years
Execution 1 day
Diagnosed case 3 days
First Death
Multiple deaths
Maximum 1-2 day
Improvement
Sensors
Better Laboratories
Public Health Surveillance
Data Mining Surveillance
Approaches to Homeland Defense
Now
“A universal theme of the revolutionaries is
that America spends entirely too much
money buying slightly better versions of
weapons it already has, at the expense of
serious improvement”
NYTimes, 3/10/02
Can these systems transform
homeland defense?
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Sensors
Better Laboratories
Public Health Surveillance
Data Mining Surveillance
Using Sept. 10 technology
Maximum Improvement, 1-2 days
Risk Reduction = <5%
Can these systems transform homeland defense?
Bioterrorism is not an Emerging Disease
Who is Mr. H?
“…warfare seeks to conquer territories and
capture cities;
terrorism seeks to hurt a few people and to
scare a lot of people in order to make a
point”
NYTimes, 1/6/2000
“Putting the horror in the minds of the
audience, and not necessarily on the screen”
Click on Horror
Hitchcock’s mission in life:
“to simply scare the hell out of people”
Old PH view of Bioterrorism
Pathogen = Infectious Agent
Damage = Morbidity and Mortality
Model = Emerging Disease Epidemiology
New PH view of Bioterrorism
Pathogen = Hate
Damage = Fear
Model = Epidemiology of Fear and Hate
New Models
 Internet Civil Defense
 CSI epidemiologists
 Educational Deterrent against terrorism
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