The Rising Risk of a Terrorist Attack – Could It Happen Today?
Youve read about it, youve seen it: terrorist attacks on trains, in nightclubs and the worst terrorist attack in U.S history on September 11th in New York City. But will the next terrorist attack strike even closer to home your own hospitals emergency room. Dr. Paulo J. Reyes, a First Responder in California, ER Doctor, and author of the fiction thriller, Sledgehammer fears there exists a clear and present danger today and has written a book on the possibilities of a biochemical attack with smallpox. It clearly outlines how unprepared our nation is and what could happen if we dont prepare now.
Dr. Reyes contends that our government continually acknowledges that its not a matter of if we are attacked again, but when. He supports voluntary smallpox vaccinations, which the military and President Bush himself have already received, but feels more needs to be more done to educate the nation of the risks involved in order to be adequately prepared for a biochemical attack. Reyes states, As is evidenced with Hurricane Katrina and the reports that are now publicly known, the government needs to step...