Internet

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Internet Civil Defense
Published Lancet, 2001
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Anthrax
1 Epidemiologist for 150,000 people and 2000 sq.
miles
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Epidemiologist eyes
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Epidemiologist eyes
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Need for Homeland Defense
Sept. 11, 02
They attacked without warning, with no
concern over their own lives. The attacks were
sporadic, almost random events, but often with
considerable planning. The weapons were
primitive, but highly affective. Newspapers
reported about the attacks all over the world.
The attacks were attacks against Americans, all
Americans. Many in the US wanted to kill them
all.
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Neighborhood Watch
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Neighborhood Watch Civil Defense Block Parent
50,000,000 Participants Crime Reduction of 25-75
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Globalization
4931 Faculty 3500 Universities 118
Countries
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• Marriage of 2 Proven Technologies
• Civil Defense/Neighborhood watch of the 60s
• Internet of this century

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Trusted Networks
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Internet-Civil Defense
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Deaths World Wide, 2001
Deaths Anthrax (terrorism) 7 Psycho Birds
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Deaths Kangaroos 20 Lightening 1000
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There is no terror in the bang, Only in the
anticipation of it
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Educational Deterence
Fear always springs from ignorance.
Emerson, 1837
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Supercourse Global sharing of PowerPoint
Lectures
Growth of Lectures
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Tampa, Jan 6, 2002
Just in Time Lecture, Jan 9th
Tom Songer, Author
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Training a New Culture
Anthrax also challenged health officials and law
enforcement agencies to work together. And each
group had something to learnIt is a different
mindset of using epidemiology to reconstruct the
circumstances of the exposure that resulted in
the disease
NYTimes, 1/6/2002 Pg. A14
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Epi-Detectives
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Mar. 14
Rules of Engagement Changed

1. Existing approaches cost much, effect is little
2. Bioterrorism is not an Emerging disease
3. Terrorism kills to make a statement
4. A Neighborhood watch with 20 million eyes can
   prevent
5. Fear must be dissipated with knowledge

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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
FDR, 1937
Fears are educated into us can, if we wish, be
educated out. Karl A. Menninger