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Despite the common mythology, folks, anthrax (and many other bio-weapons) is very difficult to weaponize and very difficult to aerosolize in an effective delivery system. Just so we don't get too carried away.... John Trowbridge MD Houston 415E 94783 -- grounded for minimal rationale 415D 94665 -- grounded for minimal rationale (Okay to ground GA VFR if IFR is grounded too, but this whole thing makes less and less sense) ----- Original Message ----- From: Mi Vidaloca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 4:44 PM Subject: Re: [COUPERS] GA still grounded > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > I must admit to being a bit appalled by this running thread, come on people > get a grip. While none of us enjoys being grounded this was not done just > because no one could think of any thing better to do than to piss off a > very small minority of people. First let me explain that there is a VERY > REAL CONCERN about the potential and probability for bioterrorism. For > those of you less initiated this is "bacterial or viral warfare". The most > common, easily produced and most likely agent is anthrax. Now a little lesson > > Low cost of producing the anthrax material. -- Not high-technology. > Knowledge is widely available. -- Easy to produce in large quantities. > > It is easy to weaponize. > > It is extremely stable. It can be stored almost indefinitely as a dry > powder. -- It can be loaded, in a freeze-dried condition, in munitions or > disseminated as an aerosol with crude sprayers. > > For contact or cutaneous anthrax, itching will occur at the site of > exposure followed by the formation of a lesion. Untreated contact anthrax > has a fatality rate of five to 20 percent, but with effective antibiotic > treatment, few deaths occur. > > Initial symptoms for inhalational anthrax though are generally > non-specific: low grade fever, a dry hacking cough, and weakness. The > person may briefly improve after two to four days; however within 24 hours > after this brief improvement, respiratory distress occurs with shock and > death following shortly thereafter. > > Almost all cases (80% or greater) of inhalational anthrax, in which > treatment was begun after patients have exhibited symptoms, have resulted > in death, regardless of post-exposure treatment. > > Ok, now it's time to see if you have been paying attention and can apply a > little logic. First to make anthrax most effective it must be inhaled, > which means it must be disbursed into the atmosphere. Second we have the > GA fleet which if the transponders are off and unless the radars are setup > properly will frequently fail to show up on the scope. Slow moving, low > flying airplanes make excellent delivery systems. Remember we are talking > low tech here and I am reasonably sure the Coupe among many other aircraft > fit into that category. Now I also hate to bring up the fact that right > now there are several hundred pilots or student pilots in this country who > have the potential and quite possibly the intention to perform such an act. > Now should you think I'm full of shit, let me remind you that none of you > geniuses were able to foresee the events of 9/11/01. Get a grip here > folks, the government did not send 2 aircraft into the WTC and 1 into the > Pentagon just to get GA out of the sky. > > Last, one more little reality check here, for those of you who have > believed in the Black Helicopter myths. If they and the big brother > technology so often claimed to be watching our every move were being > employed as many have been believing then how did this crap happened. > > Dave > ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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