What you should know about biological warfare

This program defines biological warfare, its basis being what has happened experimentally with animals and accidentally with people, such as the Q fever epidemic. Dr. Langmuir, from the Communicable Disease Center in Atlanta, describes how an attack might contaminate air with infectious material or water supplies with contaminants spread throughout the distribution center. He also enumerates the agencies and organizations included in the public health safety net. Norman Kiefer of the Federal Civil Defense Administration suggests that we need better sampling and lab methods, vaccines, and investigation procedures to combat communicable diseases. The viewers were urged not to spread rumors but rather to request the pamphlet "What You Should Know About Biological Warfare."