elease the germs of highly
             contagious diseases in the air, which are inhaled by the people and result
             in massive death and destruction. History reveals that natural epidemics
             have killed more people than military attacks and wars. Tuberculosis, small
             pox and plague have often been cited as the most dangerous and highly
             infectious killers that wiped out an entire generation in Europe and were a
             major threat to public health until late 20th century when vaccines were
             developed and they had finally been placed under control. However the
             possibility of an outbreak today has become more pronounced because of the
             recent anthrax scare that resulted in few deaths and awakened the world to
             Biological weapons consist of natural biological agents that can have a
             seriously adverse impact on public health and can even lead to a dangerous
             epidemic. Media, government and health circles have been awakened to the
             possibility of a dangerous epidemic in case of mass deployment of
             biological weapons. However we must understand that all that we hear is not
             exactly the only side of reality. There are several myths that have blown
             the biological weapons scare' out of proportion. It is true they can be
             dangerous if used and deployed in a certain manner but to assume that they
             can be produced in your backyard is simply absurd since it is not that easy
             to gain access to certain bacteria or virus and spray them into the air. It
             is important to first see what exactly are biological weapons and what
             media and various reports have to say about them as potential threats to
             nations. We shall then focus on the other side of the so-called reality and
             put the biological weapon debate into the right perspective.
             Biological weapons are termed as atom bomb of the poor man since if
             developed effectively; they have the same capabilities of destruction as
             some high magnitude atomic bomb. The idea that biological weapons can...