2001年10月8日美国发现第一例炭疽病例,随后炭疽向全美和全球各个国家蔓延,标志着过去只是停留在人们口头上的生物武器已经向全人类正式宣战。在新的基因工程生物武器正式面世并向人们发起进攻之前,传统的生物武器按对人类伤害的程度和快慢,分别应当是天花、鼠疫和炭疽。 The first case of anthrax found in the United States on October 8, 2001, followed by anthrax spreading to all parts of the United States and other countries in the world, marked the formal declaration of war on mankind by biological weapons that had only remained in the past. Prior to the official launch of new genetic engineering biological weapons and the launch of their attacks on them, traditional biological weapons should be smallpox, plague and anthrax, respectively, to the extent and speed of human injury.