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Article #716Re: SARS - Get face masks NOW!
From: Don Homuth
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 01:56
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 01:56
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On 16 Apr 2003 17:06:03 -0700, Russell Senior <seniorr@aracnet.com> wrote: >>>>>> "Don" == Don Homuth <dhomuth1@attbi.com> writes: > >Don> If this were a terrorist attack, it wouldn't be happening this >Don> way. > >Unless there is a way to "immunize" your own population, biological >weapons aren't very practical, since their effectiveness is dependent >on the uncontrollability of its spread. Consequently, it is likely to >eventually cause substantial self-inflicted injury. Talk about >"friendly fire". Even suicide bombers don't blow up their own >families. In the case of biological attack, the Term of Art I've heard used is "blowback." It's also the case for chemical weapons attacks -- which are often tactically useless for the same reason. >Paradoxically, the ones who launch mass immunizations (e.g. for >smallpox) are the most likely to be the ones who use it as a weapon >because they are in a position to limit their own casualties. But that does not suggest that those who immunize are necessarily planning an attack either. Clearly that cannot be the case. >It just doesn't "work" otherwise. If one wishes to launch a truly devastating biological attack, one wouldn't attack populations directly. One would go after livestock and foodstuffs.
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