This Is The Most Evil Bioweapon Ever Created - Annie Jacobsen

The gist

1. America's 800,000 homeless people fall outside the CDC's BioSense monitoring system, making large encampments ideal places for an outbreak to spread undetected.
2. Jacobsen says diagnostic confusion between fentanyl overdoses, tuberculosis, flu, and plague symptoms means a serious outbreak can look manageable until it is too late.
3. Once an outbreak passes the point of containment, Jacobsen says the government shifts focus from protecting civilians to defending power plants, water systems, and military sites.
4. Jacobsen argues that public trust in institutions matters as much as resources, because compliance with health guidance is what separates a manageable outbreak from anarchy.