What's stopping some disgruntled lab technicians from sneaking home one dangerous bacteria or another, growing cultures of it periodically exposing it to every antibiotic they can get then releasing it in a airport or something?
It just seems strange that with so many people in the position to do this there hasn't been any domestic bio-terrorism.
>>9150379
Federal law and the fact that stockroom managers are OCD bureaucrats.
You don't need to be a lab technician to culture a strain of antibiotic resistant bacteria silly
t. Domestic terrorist
>>9150379
For most terrorists, the costs of escalation to biological weapons would seem to outweigh the benefits. Most modern terrorists have had substantively rational goals, such as attaining national autonomy or establishing a government purportedly more representative of the people's will. Escalating to such frightening weapons would result in a massive government crackdown and could alienate the group's supporters. Biological weapons are also dangerous to produce. A number of Aum Shinrikyo members reportedly damaged their own health while working on biological agents. Additionally, some terrorists may perceive moral constraints
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/5/4/99-0410_article
>>9150379
We are already doing this experiment on an incredibly large scale. In current meat farming we give animals massive amounts of antibiotics.
We should cut down on the amount of antibiotics used so it takes longer for bacteria to evolve resistance.