(2021-08-04) High-risk human-caused pathogen exposure events from 1975-2016

David Manheim, Gregory Lewis: High-risk human-caused pathogen exposure events from 1975-2016. (lab leak, biowar). Biological agents and infectious pathogens have the potential to cause very significant harm, as the natural occurrence of disease and pandemics makes clear. As a way to better understand the risk of Global Catastrophic Biological Risks due to human activities, rather than natural sources, this paper reports on a dataset of 71 incidents involving either accidental or purposeful exposure to, or infection by, a highly infectious pathogenic agent.