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When a Bioweapon Strikes, Who Will Be in Charge?
Thomas B. Cole, MD, MPH
JAMA. 2000;284:944-948.
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If a biological weapon were released somewhere in the United States tomorrow, the public health emergency response would be swift and effective. Or would it?
In an ongoing series of articles published in JAMA, the Working Group for Civilian Biodefense, a group of experts representing research, government, military, public health, and emergency management institutions and agencies, has made recommendations for medical and public health measures to be taken following an attack with biological agents such as anthrax (JAMA. 1999;281:1735-1745), smallpox (JAMA. 1999;281:2127-2137), or plague (JAMA. 2000;283:2281-2290). Recommendations for vaccination, treatment, isolation, and hospital infection control are included.
Unfortunately, said Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, LLD, of the Georgetown University Law Center, in a recent interview, the authority for carrying out these recommendations is not clear.
Until recently, said Gostin, lawmakers never examined the legal authority for a response to . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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