HSE420 Week 8 - What if a highly lethal pathogen

HSE 420 Week 8: Written Assignment

In approximately 500 words, write a response to the following: In this chapter, we learned the Jason group warned of many risks that are now possible today in Biotechnology. With that in mind, consider the following questions:

· What if a highly lethal pathogen with a short incubation period had never even been encountered before?

· How long would it take public health officials to develop a new diagnostic test and write a case definition?

· What if some pathogen could produce a localized outbreak then render itself harmless?

· Conversely, what if a pathogen could continually alter itself in such a way as to evade treatment?