Appendix

1.  All books

Other books on My list that have not been reviewed:

2.  All podcasts

3.  Other interesting podcasts in the field

4.  All Companies

Database of companies.


4.1 HVAC Systems

4.2 Early Detection

4.3 Real Time Detection Systems

4.4 Air Samplers

4.5 Various Early Detection Systems

Smell detection

Breath sampling


4.6 Biological Weapon Sensors for Military and Civilian Protection


4.7 Vaccines


4.8 PPE

4.9 UVC Lamps

4.10 Medicine


4.11 Water Purification


4.12 CBRN Defence


4.13 Decontamination


4.14 Others


5.  Discussion Promt question (from BlueDot Impact)

5.1 Defining the GCBR Landscape


5.2 Biosafety and Dual Use Research Concerns

Definitions/Understanding


Scientific practice and ethics


5.3 The BWC


5.4 Biosafety Levels


5.5 Advances in biotechnology and a note on Information Hazards

Discussion Prompts

Definitions and understanding


Advances and current capabilities in Biotechnology


Information hazards

5.6 Bioweapons and Biodefense


5.7 Pandemic prevention and diagnostics 

Pandemic response 

5.8 Policy interventions


6.  Did not make it to the list

“Many of the catastrophic risks about which effective altruists concern themselves are likely to result from the failure to control much smaller events, which then grow so large that they do become catastrophic. In this EA Global: Boston 2017 talk, Marc Lipsitch describes examples from infectious diseases — a paradigm case of a growing risk — and implications for the allocation of our attention, effort and funds.”