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US govt messed up

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Surfguy, Oct 23, 2001.

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  1. Surfguy

    Surfguy Member

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    The government threw up red flags for everyone in Congress about anthrax exposure getting them tested and shutting the buildings down they work in. However, they told the postal workers who passed the anthrax letters to keep working and those facilities remained open. Major ***** up if you ask me....two people died as a result and two others are critical. It boiled down to a week delay in getting treatment. Who the ***** do they think handles the mail...anyway? Just the one who is receiving the mail?

    This one is kind of hard to fathom but it happened. Apparently mail delivery itself is more important than the postal workers lives.
    A proactive approach for Congress....a reactive approach for postal workers.....makes no sense. I suspect a lawsuit is going to come of this from the victims's families.

    Surf
     
  2. Space Ghost

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    I wouldn't have suspected checking the post office either. What are you going to do, check the whole force?

    The letters have been infected, not so much the envelopes (thats how they made it sound like)

    I dont see how they inhaled it. Sounds to me like its a bit more serious than what they are telling us.
     
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    Didn't you know that our congressmen are better than the rest of us and deserve special treatment:rolleyes:
     
  4. treeman

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    Two things:

    1) this anthrax is weaponized (it's extremely deadly if people are getting it without opening the letters)

    2) the test that tells you whether it's weaponized and what strain it is (where it came from) takes about 12 hours; they are lying to us

    The trail still leads back to Sodom Insane.
     
  5. Surfguy

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    I believe the Russians came out and said this wasn't weapons grade anthrax. He said if it were...then everyone would be much more vulnerable and death would occur within 24 - 48 hours.

    Can you imagine how many people would be dead right now if it were weapons grade like the Russians claim to have?

    In that scenario, by the time you react....it would have been too late.

    Will someone come over and check my mail for me? Seriously...I have been letting it accumulate just because I don't want to put on the gloves and mask to sift through it. :(

    Surf
     
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    Surfguy - read Biohazard, by Ken Alibek, if you want to hear what the Russians think about all this... He was the #2 man at Biopreparat (Russia's BW program) until he defected and told us all about it.

    There's not a strain of anthrax on the planet that will kill in 24-48 hours. 'Weaponized' just means that it has been genetically modified, usually to be resistant to antibiotics, UV resistant, heat/cold resistant, etc...
     

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