Posted on 03/01/2005 2:41:05 PM PST by neverdem
hrmn...
syphilis - entirely preventable STD
TB - largely a problem for the immunocompromised
something smells a little off here.
They will be the first people the NY Slimes marches out when something bad happens to buttress their point that the government did not spend enough money researching these types of things.
Sheesh.
758 scientists want more of the research money pie. It couldn't be simpler than that.
And they are too intellectually proud, or too focused, to follow the gravy train as it shifts.
There is some irony there...
And (dare I say it) the government is actually correct in this case:
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Especially when it comes to terrorism.
Cheers!
An asinine sentence, in my view.
One bioterror attack and whatever virus is used will have exceptionally "high public-health importance."
I'll betcha many of the scientists who've signed this letter are pissed that they aren't getting the research money they've concluded is necessary for their work which they believe is so critical that they've dedicated their lives to it.
That said, bless these scientists for spending so many years applying their intellectual gifts to benefit all of us. They are unsung heroes.
Sounds good to me!
......'PROTECTION' is a good word,.......like the word 'SAFE'...
(All Around Protection!)
You 'bet' ($$$$$) your 'life'......
Thank you, PRESIDENT BUSH...
When I was growing up in South Louisiana, I can remember the line for lunch in the school cafeteria. There was a trough style wash fountain with soap that we would wash our face and hands with before lunch. I rarely remember getting sick. Now, no one washes before meals, at school or otherwise. Touching doorknobs, etc after others, wouldn't get you sick, unless the germ entered a mucus membrane, (eye, nose, mouth). Washing before meals would cut out a lot of sicknesses.
THese guys are simply trying to protect the efficacy of the bioterror weapons presently in the terrorists' arsenals.
If this follows the typical pattern, many (most?) of the "758 scientists" won't be scientists at all, but rather non-scientists whose names are thrown in to make the list bigger.
By their own admission.
PIngarooo...
Mmmm...old friend in R & D was going to be at NIH on Monday.
Mmmm...old friend in R & D was going to be at NIH on Monday.
Any possibility your old friend is one of 758? Sometimes being a squeaky wheel has the opposite effect of what was intended. The bureaucrats remember the "troublemakers". It is ultimately the bureaucrats that dole out the $$$.
I wonder what the chances of that story making it into the Times.
That should read "US officials" Of course I didn't read the article with 100% attentiion. Much like the rest of my life - go figure.
Ah! More "consensus" science.
I'm wondering if he was lobbying against them...it was grant related in a big way but this was someone high up in the private industry sector, no ivory tower type.
I watched a documentary after 911 when they went into the history of bio weopons. We stopped researching after DOD concluded we were just pioneering low-cost WMD. Better with nukes that are expensive and tough to make.
Now the genie is out of the bottle we have to research bio-weapons. Nobody but a fool would REALLY not pursue defensive measures for bio-weapons.
I agree...it will be "put up or shut up" for good!
I saw that Lab the goverenment built on a base. It looked just like a regular house. Just filled with all this equipment to make this stuff. All bought by the feds out on the regular market. what you would need for a small-scale pharmceutical production process.
I don't how likely this is. But researching potential bugs seem prudent and cheap. I would want to fund research into NEW stuff. More crap to worry about later.
I don't think this really is an issue though. I bet most folks support this research. Just the loonies on the fringes won't.
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