It was created in part to reveal the current international state of preparedness and possible political and public health issues that might evolve from such a crisis.
[1] The project was sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the German Marshall Fund of the United States, and the Nuclear Threat Initiative.
[2] The terrorist group responsible used publicly available knowledge as well as training in US and Indian universities in order to create the strain of smallpox.
[1] As more countries began to experience outbreaks, domestic pressures forced participants to withhold the sharing of vaccines in order to preserve their supply for their own citizens.
[1] Certain dire measures, such as the use of military quarantines, were considered as participants also had the obligation to ensure public safety in civilian populations.
[5] In addition, members with defense backgrounds warned against the widespread unawareness that bioterrorism presented to safety at home and abroad.
At the time, the World Health Organization, whom participants indicated to be the ideal response coordinator, lacked the resources and staffing to handle the effort.
[1] Finally, leaders in today's world need to possess experience in homeland security and bioterrorist threats in order to handle a situation similar to the scenario proposed in Atlantic Storm.