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Academician Kolesnikov: The Virus of Atypical Pneumonia Has Been Created Artifically (SARS)
Russian Information Agency Novosti ^
| 4/11/03
| Alexander Batalin
Posted on 04/11/2003 8:43:20 AM PDT by Heartlander2
The virus of atypical pneumonia has been created artificially, possibly as a bacteriological weapon, believes Sergei Kolesnikov, Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences.
He expressed this opinion at a news conference in Irkutsk (Siberia) on Thursday.
According to him, the virus of atypical pneumonia is a synthesis of two viruses (of measles and infectious parotiditis or mumps), the natural compound of which is impossible. This can be done only in a laboratory, the academician is convinced. He also said that in creating bacteriological weapons a protective anti-viral vaccine is, as a rule, worked out at the same time. Therefore, the scientist believes, a medicine for atypical pneumonia may soon appear. He does not exclude that the spread of the virus could have begun accidentally, as a result of "an unsanctioned leakage" from a laboratory.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: biologicalweapon; biowarfare; coronavirus; niman; sars; vaccine; virus
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To: Heartlander2
Accidental leakage!!!! Why else would China try to keep it mum???
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posted on
04/11/2003 8:49:52 AM PDT
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To: Heartlander2
And this crap started where? China?
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posted on
04/11/2003 8:50:24 AM PDT
by
fuzzy122
To: fuzzy122
And it started on the same day we invaded Iraq.
My husband owes me big time. He's been making fun of me for calling this a bio attack by China.
My intent was that China was going to use it to invade Hong Kong and Taiwan under the pretense of "quarantined" and try to engage us in a war with them and North Korea.
To: mabelkitty
And it started on the same day we invaded Iraq. Uhhhh....Not exactly.
I remember hearing of it in February. I believe I've seen articles mentioning somewhere around November for a start.
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posted on
04/11/2003 8:58:20 AM PDT
by
toast
To: Heartlander2
They make wonderful fur-lined tinfoil hats in Russia
To: Heartlander2
Hehe... I just love those crazy Russians, always the jokers. In related news, check out
Pravda for even more enlightened stories! You'll be thrilled to read how there's going to be a nuclear holocaust due to our bombs unearthing low-grade radioactive materials around Baghdad, and flooding in Russia due to techtonic shifts and earthquakes caused by the concussion of our bunker busters!
Really, though, their capacity for the dramatic and the suspicion of all evils never ceases to amaze me. As if they think there's some vast conspiracy... hey... wait...
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posted on
04/11/2003 9:00:36 AM PDT
by
z84976
To: Nubbytwanger
They make wonderful fur-lined tinfoil hats in RussiaBeat me to it!
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posted on
04/11/2003 9:01:09 AM PDT
by
freebilly
(I think they've misunderestimated us....)
To: mabelkitty
My intent was that China was going to use it to invade Hong Kong Invade Hong Kong?
That would be like China invading Shanghai or Tianjin, or the United States invading Pittsburgh.
To: Heartlander2
I think the Russian scientist needs to understand that evolution is a powerful thing and obviously this virus is a natural mutuation, the likes of which must have happened millions of times in order for my Grandmother to have evolved from a mollusk.
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posted on
04/11/2003 9:04:02 AM PDT
by
Rippin
More on this story here:
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1346560,00.html Sars biological weapon?
Moscow - The deadly pneumonia that has killed more than 100 people around the world may be a man-made biological weapon, Russian experts said on Friday.
Nikolai Filatov, head of Moscow's epidemiological services, told the Gazeta daily that he thought the pneumonia was man-made because "there is no vaccine for this virus, its make-up is unclear, it has not been very widespread and the population is not immune to it."
Yet he had some reservations, since the virus has a low mortality rate - so far killing 4% of those infected -, and because it is relatively difficult to pass on - through direct contact or inhalation.
The virus, according to academy of medecine member Sergei Kolesnikov, is a cocktail of mumps and measles, whose mix could never appear in nature.
"We can only get that in a laboratory," he told a conference in the Siberian city of Irkutsk, quoted by RIA Novosti news agency.
It may have spread because of an "accidental leak" from a lab, he added.
More than 100 people have died and some 3 000 others have been infected by Severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars), which is believed to have originated in China's southern Guangdong province.
To: Heartlander2
To: Heartlander2
Ah the movie "The Patriot" the ONE with Stephen Segal comes to mind over this one.........we shall see!
To: Uncle George
Accidental...what about the so called "super-spreaders" as airline stews or as one passenger who was found to be shuttling back and forth between SE Asia and the USA
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posted on
04/11/2003 9:15:42 AM PDT
by
joesnuffy
(Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
To: mabelkitty
My intent was that China was going to use it to invade Hong Kong and Taiwan under the pretense of "quarantined" and try to engage us in a war with them and North Korea.Why am I'm not surprised that you haven't noticed that Great Britain GAVE Hong Kong to China several years ago?
I'm also not surprised that you'd claim something from the Russian media quoting a scientist who, as best I can tell, has never actually seen or worked with the SARS virus personally, as "proof" of your belief it's a bioweapon.
It's a fascinating excercise in psychology but it makes people feel better that bad things that happen naturally were somehow deliberately caused by humans...from viruses to earthquakes. Makes the earth seem less random and less frightening, oddly enough.
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posted on
04/11/2003 9:26:03 AM PDT
by
John H K
To: toast
The Chinese CLAIM it started in November or so, but why did they wait to release the info until the DAY WE ATTACKED IRAQ. And they still aren't being helpful with information considering that Hong Kong is about to have its medical establishment fall because of so many sick doctors and staff. The timing is too suspicious
To: z84976
"Hehe... I just love those crazy Russians, always the jokers. In related news, check out Pravda for even more enlightened stories! You'll be thrilled to read how there's going to be a nuclear holocaust due to our bombs unearthing low-grade radioactive materials around Baghdad, and flooding in Russia due to techtonic shifts and earthquakes caused by the concussion of our bunker busters! ""Really, though, their capacity for the dramatic and the suspicion of all evils never ceases to amaze me. As if they think there's some vast conspiracy.."
Pravda is the Russian equivilent of the National Inquirer. Would it be safe to say that you read the National Enquirer to find out what Americans think of the world?
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posted on
04/11/2003 10:48:31 AM PDT
by
monday
To: Rippin
"I think the Russian scientist needs to understand that evolution is a powerful thing and obviously this virus is a natural mutuation, the likes of which must have happened millions of times in order for my Grandmother to have evolved from a mollusk.""Obviously"? It certainly isn't obvious to me. Perhaps you have information you are not sharing with the rest of us.
I am not inclined to believe it is man made, but the possibility exists. As far as I know it is pretty clear that no one knows where SARS came from, or if someone does, they are keeping silent. I think I will reserve judgement for now.
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posted on
04/11/2003 10:57:07 AM PDT
by
monday
To: Heartlander2
The BBC made a TV series called "Survivers" that had this whole thing as it's primus. PBS in Dallas ran it back in the late 80s or early 90s.
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posted on
04/11/2003 11:02:59 AM PDT
by
fella
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