TY - JOUR AU - Brookstein, David PY - 2021/04/12 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Public Health Protection Against Bioterrorism via Respiratory Pathogenic Viral and Bacterial Agents using Protective Face Masks JF - CommonHealth JA - CH VL - 2 IS - 1 SE - Narrative Reviews DO - 10.15367/ch.v2i1.447 UR - https://tuljournals.temple.edu/index.php/commonhealth/article/view/447 SP - 29-39 AB - <p>The widespread respiratory transmission of the Covid-19 virus has taught us the importance of face masks to mitigate both the community spread of the virus and protection of wearers by face masks.&nbsp; As such, there could be an extremely adverse public health possibility where respiratory pathogenic agents could be spread as a means of bioterrorism.&nbsp; While eventually vaccines could mitigate wide spread infection, protective face masks are an important way to immediately&nbsp; &nbsp;prevent respiratory infections from various pathogenic agents.&nbsp; In view of the possibility of respiratory-based bioterrorism it is critical that the public might have to adopt universal usage of face masks.&nbsp; The CDC recommends that all families stockpile respiratory protection as part of their personal pandemic plan because face masks should be worn by all individuals during a pandemic especially one caused by bioterrorism.</p> ER -