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A counterterrorism researcher has conjured up a dark thought problem for other planners in emergency response and medical care to ponder. What if intentionally infected terrorists — some with smallpox, others with pneumonic (e.g., airborne) plague — coordinated an attack that used medical settings as one of its prime sites of initial exposures?

Bioterror scheme: Infected terrorists in waiting room