[bd476]

BVW said: "Botulism. Flies, and fly-borne diseases. Ar these people out of their minds. Clearly the world's elite wants to ID the bodies of the elite, but why do they risk the lifes of the poor, the greiving and ruined to do so?"

Botulism would be a stretch, but cholera, dysentery, typhoid fever, the plague, massive staph, tetanus, strep and E. coli infections along with every horrific illness known to man would seem to be at high risk here.

Also "elite" loss of life, that is if you are referring to wealthier Western vacationers, is far less than the poor.

[bvw]

I was refering to the weird reasons given, the reasons clearly stated by *some* people who should be giving better advice, for not burying or crematng the dead -- to identify the tourists, the "elite" tourists.

That is, some of the NGO "aid organizations" are so entrenched in that elite life style that to them the identification of the bodies of fellow members of the elite cultures is more important than the health of the local community there at the scene.

For the sake of "closure" amoung the elites they are willimg to risk the health of the servant class -- the local communities that provided the workers for the tourist, vacationer and sex trades there.

[bvw]

Botulism is no stretch. I wanted to mention rats -- but I believe you have already touched on that.