Anthrax in NYC

[mairving]

It looks like they are reporting a case of Anthrax in NYC. Skin bourne not air bourne. This is different from crashing a hijacked plane into a building. If it is found to have come from Iraq, we need to take the gloves off and eliminate that madman once and for all.

[OOPS!]

This is the part that I feared. Crashing a few airplanes isn't much in one sense. But biological attacks could kill millions. And it is easy for them to do. IF this is traced back to Islamic terrorists, (and to my understanding the different strains can be traced to the labs that grow them) then I agree, the gloves need to come off and those responsible need to be made an example of for all the world to see.

I hope they can trace the strains. This needs to be stopped now.


OOPS!

[bob]

Only difference is how someone got infected.
The difference in strains may show where they came and how nasty they are but there is not a skin vrs air - Anthrax is usually deadly if breathed and treatable if it just gets in a cut.

[Gintaras]

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[troysvihl]

Acctually, it's doubtful that biological weapons will be any big threat. Anthrax certainly isn't going to be used to kill all that many people because it isn't contageous. And if caught early, it's very treatable. With these last few cases, everyone that even remotely suspects something is going to be running to the hospital.

The problem with biological weapons, is that their biological. As a living organizm, you have to feed the, keep them at the right temp, avoid direct sunlight, etc. It's difficult to keep living cultures alive for very long even in a labratory setting, yet alone, while trying to transport and administer them to a large group of people.

I'd say the bigger threat is from chemical attacks. And even those aren't all that a big concern since they don't have the same capacity to kill as biologicals. (although you don't have the same delivery problems with them as with biologicals) You're not going to be able to kill off a million people with chemical weapons, like you would be able to with say, a small pox virus. (and there are only two known samples of small pox virus left, so I'm not to concerned about that)

So it boils down to:

chemicals = easy to use, but not that lethal on a mass-people scale

biologicals = potential for mass-people killing, but not likely to be used correctly.

[troysvihl]

Read this:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,36330,00.html

[bob]

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[Scotty]

Here is a interesting editorial that I found while I was searching history of bio-terrorism in America!!!

http://www.bendbulletin.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=5309

I think this will get you there! Thanks, Scotty