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Did anyone see last night's press conference on the Anthrax/Fla. deal on Fox News???

The FN commentators were right on- WTF was the point of evading hard answers, and spending the entire time congratulating each other on how well they were cooperating...

Originally Posted By Sitting Bull:
You bet your ass it's a threat.  Those three people down in Florida WERE victims of a bio-warefare attack.  The likelihood that three people all who work together suddenly coming down with Anthrax by sheer chance alone, is so astronomical as to be absurd.  That stuff about the ex-employee is pure B.S.  We ARE under bio-warfare attack at this exact moment; just read the drudge report.  THIS IS NOT A DRILL; WAKE UP - DEFEND YOURSELF.

Originally Posted By Sitting Bull:
DK-Prof - "Plague, is not too contagious" - Dude you must be smokin some serious $hit.  What planet are you on right now.  Read a history book about all the times the Black Death swept through Europe.  Read about what small pox did to the American Indians.  I can see why you could care less;  you're stoned beyond belief.  Party-on dude.

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Obviously, agents like Anthrax are a threat. However, the wildcard here, just like any weapon of mass destruction, is delivery. The Anthrax in FL had to be handled close enough to actually breathe in the spores. It is not the type of item that lends itself to widespread harm. There are far more volatile means that would be employed in that regard. However, if it is a true "terrorist" act, meant only to put people in fear, then yes, the fear of opening your mail would have widespread effect.

My theory on the FL scare is this: The office was a tabloid newspaper. They piss off a wide variety of people every day. That's how they sell papers. The story I heard was that a letter was received at the paper with comments about Jennifer Lopez, and it had some type of strange residue on it. It wouldn't be a stretch if some chem lab nerd who had a crush on her read something about her in the tabloid and was protecting her honor. Remember the Reagan/Jodie Foster connection.

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Some genetically engineered superflu might be a different matter. The spanish flu killed something like 40 million people, more than WWI, over the course of a couple years.

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Full-of-Bull: Plague is spread from rats to humans by fleas and is not contagious. Neither is anthrax. Maybe you were smoking something back in history class. Smallpox was introduced to the American Indians by the settlers, and in one case deliberately by the government, via infected blankets. Party on, yourself.

FBI: No Sign of Crime in Anthrax Cases

By Sue Pleming
Reuters

WASHINGTON (Oct.9) - The FBI said on Tuesday it had not found any evidence so far of criminal intent in its investigation in Florida of two cases of anthrax, a rare disease that could be used as a biological weapon.

Teams of FBI agents have been searching the building belonging to a supermarket tabloid group, American Media Inc., in Boca Raton, Florida, where two workers were exposed to anthrax. One of the workers, a photo editor, died last Friday.

"So far, we have found no criminal intent in the case," said an FBI spokeswoman. "We are being extremely vigilant and checking everything possible, but there is no evidence yet of any wrongdoing," she added.

Authorities have sealed off the Boca Raton headquarters of American Media Inc. after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta said the bacterium that causes anthrax might be present in the building.

Coming so soon after the Sept. 11 attacks, investigators are looking into how the men were exposed to anthrax and whether there is any link to terrorism.

Some of the hijackers who rammed planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11 are believed to have frequented flight schools near the home of the photo editor and asked questions about crop-dusting aircraft, which could, theoretically, be used in an anthrax attack.

Attorney General John Ashcroft said on Monday he took the anthrax cases in Florida very seriously but that he did not have enough information to say whether they were linked to the Sept. 11 attacks or to terrorism.

But he said the investigation could at some point become a "clear, criminal investigation."

Justice Department spokeswoman Mindy Tucker described the inquiry as a criminal investigation and said that was a precautionary step to enable the FBI to gather the necessary evidence if charges were ever filed.

News of the anthrax cases in Florida came as the United States was on high alert for possible attacks by the al Qaeda network associated with Saudi-born exile Osama bin Laden, blamed for last month's attacks that killed more than 5,500 people.

In Manassas, Virginia, health officials said a man had been tested for anthrax late on Monday and that preliminary results indicated he did not have the rare disease.

The man, a computer specialist in his 40s, told emergency room staff he worked in a building affiliated with American Media Inc.

Health officials have sought to calm fears over anthrax, pointing out it is not contagious and cannot be passed from person to person.

Reuters 13:00 10-09-01

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Small Pox is the scary one, and I'm not scared.
Fuck them.

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You should worry about Anthrax and Plague as you do the threat of a grenade attack;  if it goes off near you, you're screwed.

Small Pox is the scary one, and I'm not scared.
Fuck them.

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Small Pox??? Hasn't there not been a reported case of it since the 1970's??? If so, then there really isn't too much to worry about..

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Small Pox??? Hasn't there not been a reported case of it since the 1970's??? If so, then there really isn't too much to worry about..

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Come on now... Do you really think that terrorists are going to be THAT stupid as to dump stuff on us.. If so, then we would retaliate, retaliate by nuking their a**es! They know we can do it too!

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They want to scare us mainly, they want us to feel and react and respond like the Jews do in Izzyland.