Posted on 09/10/2005 10:50:09 AM PDT by DoughtyOne
FoxNews - on the Record w/Greta Van Susteren
September 9th, 2005
Transcript of an interview with Michael Baden, renowned Forensic Pathologist.
Van Susteren / Baden
Officials say the grim job of collecting and identifying the dead could take months. Are the dead bodies dangerous to those now collecting them? And how do you give the person dignity in death under these circumstances? And what about disease or even mosquitoes? Joining us live in New York is Forensic Pathologist Doctor Michael Baden.
Hi Gretta. Doc...
Good evening Doctor Baden.
Doctor Baden, earlier in the show Trace Gallager my colleague talked about the mosquitoes that have now descended upon New Orleans once again having been swept away by the storm. What's the problem with mosquitoes pose?
The mosquitoes can carry West Nile Virus and some of the encephalitis diseases, but that's the reason they should have been spraying for mosquitoes days ago. I think it's an outrage that they haven't started aerial spraying for mosquitoes, which is something that is commonly done even when there aren't hurricanes in New Orleans because of the breading grounds there.
I think that the the focus on toxic water is is misinformed. That water isn't toxic unless you drink it. People walking through water, the worst they can get is a rash or something, and dragging people out of their homes because of toxic water ah I think is is wrong and squandering manpower. I have a number of doctor friends, ah including the former Health Commissioner in a New Orleans, who moved back into their homes in a New Orleans. Ah so ah getting people out is just a waste of time and it's based on misinformation.
Unintelligible word you say that the mosquitoes can carry West Nile, ah can meaning like one in a billion or common, I mean like how serious a problem is this?
Oh it can... remember they sprayed New York city a couple of years ago for West... the whole city of New York was sprayed because of ah ah ah the mosquitoes carrying West Nile. What has to happen is it has to be a conjunction between the mosquitoes and birds and the viruses ah can cause a serious problem ah in ah ah ah...
When you say serious, ten being the most serious like Oh my God we've got to got to do something right now and one being like do ya know well it's not that important unintelligible...
Oh no, the easiest thing now is have the Army go out, they have helicopters and they can very rapidly spray the city at very ah ah little cost and a it's an ideal time to spray. There's nobody there even though the sprays themselves don't harm people and I think they they can be dozens or ah you know ah hundreds of cases depending on the circumstances. It won't be thousands of cases. But ah, it's a serious condition, other cities have been sprayed with less of ah a ah ah potential for danger.
Alright, we only have thirty seconds left Doctor Baden. If ah people are going down to New Orleans they need shots?
No, they don't... they don't have Tetanus in New Orleans. Tetanus ah and Hepatitis if they don't treat the water... ah I've been advised by my colleagues in New Orleans that ah ah at this time Tetanus and Hepatitis ah immunizations are unnecessary even though they're being given out and all that ah... and Typhoid is unnecessary also. It gives you a sore arm.
Alright Doctor Baden, thank you sir.
Thank you.
Transcribed by D1
From reading on the forum, it's obvious Bush hates the Vietnamese also...
I agree. If 40% of NO is dry, it certainly seems like over-kill to remove everyone.
I don't think so. Underground tanks are leaking gasoline all over NO. It'll be a looooong time before it gets rebuilt. It will be like a huge Love Canal superfund site.
"And how do you give the person dignity in death "
Sorry - in emergencies with massive deaths - dignity is a mass funeral pyre. The only medically sound choice.
The only other choice would to give some practical use to the Kennedy/Kerry "Big Dig" in Boston.
Place all the bodies in there and seal it. Save money!
It does doesn't it.
If they're concerned about disease, remove the bodies and leave folks in their homes alone.
That is one strange and unsettling story.
While the water is filthy, and that cannot be denied, the idea that it's so bad that folks must evacuate is a stretch of the facts IMO.
I don't think it's going to take months to get the area dry. It will take months and likely years to get things back to normal. Folks will be able to live there if they wish. Again, that's my opinion.
None of them are, unless someone left the caps off which is extremely doubtful.
Why are they forcing people from there homes when the home's are not even near the water? I heard they are confiscating ALL firearm's from the people of NO. Did they never read the second amendment?
Like I said, underground tanks are leaking gasoline.
In times of natural disaster, dignity is a luxury that doesn't exist. "Dignity"? It's an absurdity to even raise the issue.
As much as possible the bodies should be treated with prudent respect, and identified if possible. Beyond that, the living should be the focus of concern.
If you knew anything about them, you would not be saying that. You are simply repeating a lie you heard.
yeah, I got it wrong but I guess that goes to show that Big Time hasn't briefed me in on the chemtrail program. Why just the other day Karl said ... whoops, mustn't let the cat out of the bag ...
Bttt!
" And how do you give the person dignity in death under these circumstances ? "
For starters, you don't allow CNN to broadcast their images.
Not enough dead guys or disease to impeach Bush. MSM will be deeply saddened.
Where I fault CNN is their spin against Bush and their failure to address the lack of state and local leadership.
I don't honestly know if it's truly respectful to allow all these people to die, yet show none of them on televison.
What is a funeral viewing other than showing a dead corpse to people, albeit they are generally family and friends. I think we may be shortchanging the people who died.
These people suffered terrible circumstances and died, yet we fail to show what happend to them, where they came to rest. I have mixed emotions about sanitizing this too much.
If you struggled for your life, you fought tenatiously to live on, were injured and suffered the ultimate indignity, would you really rather nobody knew of what you went through and where you finally wound up.
I see that as a part of honoring those people. It's acknowledging them and for a brief moment reaching out to them with our attention and condolences. Without seeing that, how can I say that I identify with their deaths individually, not just as a big stat in someone's ledger.
I understand where you're coming from, I'm just not convinced that's the only concern here.
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