Questions to consider

• What bioweapons programs currently exist?
• What have they historically done?
• What strengths/weaknesses do the biological weapons convention have?
  • What have they achieved recently, what are they neglecting which EAs could support?
• How concerned are you about biorisks?
  • And why?
• How are we more/less vulnerable to biorisks now than we have been previously?
  • E.g:
    • There is more travel which allows more spread of dangerous pathogens
    • We are more densely populated
    • We have better medicine
    • We have better hygiene

Resources

Articles in bold are worth focussing on first, as this is an optional week the reading a looser summary, you're encouraged to go research other information on this topic!

• Biorisk Problem Profile
• Existential Risks and Cost-Effective Biosecurity
• How likely is it that biological agents will be used deliberately to cause widespread harm?
• Improving Security through International Biosafety Norms
• Pathogens as Weapons: The international security implications of biological warfare
• Enhancing Global Security through Infections Disease Threat Reduction

The articles in this topic are a selection from this rough reading list written by Greg Lewis feel free to dig deeper into that list.

This book is also recommended as a deeper dive