US government conducted airflow tests on NYC subway to understand bioterror risk
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Re: US government conducted airflow tests on NYC subway to understand bioterror risk
#2This is super important research, due to what the article calls, "low security threshold and high passenger count".
I wish the research results would be given to the public, though I understand why we won't see the results for some time, or possibly never.
It's also kind of scary that their only listed "remediation" is to have more accurate contamination maps. It really hits home the concept that, once a bad guy actually gets a weapon to a crowd, there's not much more that can be done.
Re: US government conducted airflow tests on NYC subway to understand bioterror risk
#3...man, I was all ready to get out the pitchforks in response to "bioterror" research in a public place, but it turns out it's more "fluid dynamics research prompted by the risk of particulate bioweapons". It's not a clickbait title, but it asymptotically approaches one.
Re: US government conducted airflow tests on NYC subway to understand bioterror risk
#4...man, I was all ready to get out the pitchforks in response to "bioterror" research in a public place, but it turns out it's more "fluid dynamics research prompted by the risk of particulate bioweapons". It's not a clickbait title, but it asymptotically approaches one.
If it's written by BBC, it's probably not going to be something very damning about the U.S. government, quite the contrary.
Re: US government conducted airflow tests on NYC subway to understand bioterror risk
#5For something that involves the US gov, anthrax, and a crowded public place, that was remarkably ethical.
Clickbaity title IMO, but I'm not sure what to suggest. I think the current title suggests malice on the part of the US gov, but they were actually just doing some interesting research.
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#6I appreciate the research, but I'm not sure what could possible be done to change the situation materially. "Making more accurate contamination maps" strikes me as only useful in a really best case scenario.
Re: US government conducted airflow tests on NYC subway to understand bioterror risk
#7I recently saw the air analyzers in some stations across NYC. Thanks for doing this!
Re: US government conducted airflow tests on NYC subway to understand bioterror risk
#8For something that involves the US gov, anthrax, and a crowded public place, that was remarkably ethical. Clickbaity title IMO, but I'm not sure what to suggest. I think the current title suggests malice on the part of the US gov, but they were actually just doing some interesting research.
Can confirm that similar tests were run in the DC Metro as early as 2003.
Re: US government conducted airflow tests on NYC subway to understand bioterror risk
#9This is super important research, due to what the article calls, "low security threshold and high passenger count". I wish the research results would be given to the public, though I understand why we won't see the results for some time, or possibly never. It's also kind of scary that their only listed "remediation" is to have more accurate contamination maps. It really hits home the concept that, once a bad guy actu…
Therefore, the best offense is reducing the chances that such bad guys crop up in the first place by diplomacy, peace, foreign aid, and just friendly relations with our neighbors.
This might not seem like the place and time to preach peace, but now is as good a time as any.
Re: US government conducted airflow tests on NYC subway to understand bioterror risk
#10I appreciate the research, but I'm not sure what could possible be done to change the situation materially. "Making more accurate contamination maps" strikes me as only useful in a really best case scenario.
Better than doing nothing I suppose. Also, sometimes the research needs to be done to know whether we can do nothing or whether we can.