My own abstract to my CAJ!

The purpose of this CAJ is to provide information about biological warfare. The precise focus at the beginning was fairly general, what biological warfare is and what can it be used for. With further research it evolved and treated the following subjects: how can a biological weapon be created, dual-use of science in general and on the example of Botox. It continued with what might be possible in the future with regard to personalised biological weapons and a short analysis of a military review treating the subject of ethnic biological weapons (published in 1970 by the US government). The information collected was mainly found on the Internet. Several reports from the website of the National Center for Biotechnology Information and other sources were used. The articles were read, analysed and summarised so that the reviews would only include what was important for the topic. It was found that the threat of biological weapons is imminent and that it can hardly be avoided. Due to the fact that biological weapons are far cheaper and more efficient than any other weapon of mass destruction they will become increasingly common in the very near future. In conclusion it can be said that biological warfare is incredibly dangerous and could either destroy humanity or enslave them to people who have the one supervirus to kill us all. The focus of further research would thus lie on more specific examples of how biological agents can be (mis)used and maybe look into some conspiracy theories.

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