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SMALL POX AND HALLOWEEN CANDY- A short primer on viral disease transmission
Dr. Brian Kopp (proud2bRC)
Posted on 10/21/2001 10:34:13 AM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
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To: Sabertooth; 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub; B4Ranch; proud2bRC; spycatcher
Thank you for the ping and drawing my attention to this.
I don't think it is tin foil hat stuff at all!!!!
How can anyone NOT want to take extra measures especially this year to protect children or anyone from things happening.
We ALL should be highly suspect of everything right now, think, look,osberve people around you ,wash your hands more then usual and stay sharp.Learn what we can about what is going on and be aware..... is what may safe lives.
Thank you for this VERY important thread.
To: proud2bRC
To: proud2bRC
To: proud2bRC
Who is the idiot store managers that would allow this purchase to be made in the first place. They should have refused the sale.
The situation was obvious enough to call the FBI but not obvious enough to refuse the sale?
To: proud2bRC
bin laden stated that next they would strike the "heart of America." One FReeper suggested that could mean an attack on our children...our next generation of warriors and fathers. Each person must decide for themselves, but it does not seem far-fetched to me that terrorists would try to poison our kids.
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posted on
10/21/2001 6:01:28 PM PDT
by
copycat
To: Sabertooth
Another idea would be to have bios on those candies and give them out in holiday gifts...horrors!
Agree that schools are one of the fastest methods of spreading bios. That Russian bio scientist who defected a few years ago, said that a combination of anthrax and smallpox would be about the worst of them all.
To: SarahW
My wife and I are praying for you. She's not posting right now but we share your concern and frankly, we've been convinced that this was the next stage for a very long time. People who think they can just throw away all the candy they get trick-or-treating and substitute candy they think is safe from the store are TOTALLY DELUDED if they managed to still feel so smug after reading this thread. PLEASE email us if there's anything in the world we can do for your son and you right now. We're not posting any more because of another matter entirely, but if you wouldn't mind passing the word on: THIS IS THE YEAR TO EAT STUFF YOU YOURSELF MADE FROM SCRATCH AND DON'T EVEN GET NEAR CANDY IN THE STORES.
To: Sabertooth
Right. I read recently that the smallpox vaccination is only good for about 20 years.
To: OWK
Is Halloween candy a suitable vehicle for transmitting smallpox?
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posted on
10/21/2001 6:18:40 PM PDT
by
Artist
To: Larousse2
Please go to www.medicinegarden.com and read about Homeopathic remedies for bios.
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub
This "bump" is a good excuse to bring this important thread back to the top and ask, nicely of course!, to be added to your bump list. (Thank you in advance!)
To: snorkeler
There was another incident in which a man bought a lot, maybe 1700 bucks worth, returned it and it was put back on the shelf after a "health inspection". More details please. Source? (local TV, radio, here at FR?)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub
Thanks. My grandkids are not going trick or treating this year except to family homes.
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posted on
10/21/2001 6:26:26 PM PDT
by
poet
To: Paul C. Jesup; Sabertooth
To: Larousse2; NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
October 20, 2001
A Scramble to Counter
Any Threat of Smallpox
By MELODY PETERSEN and KEITH BRADSHER
"After announcing plans to stockpile 300 million doses of smallpox vaccine,
the government must now determine where it can quickly get so much...."
To: Stefan Stackhouse
And what would be the consequences following the deaths of thousands, possibly many tens of thousands of children's deaths?A lot of sand gets turned to glass.
To: GeorgeandtheDralgore
I do worry about Halloween. We've pretty much decided we won't participate this year. Just the school party. If it's overreaction, no big deal. Remember, they keep warning us that something big might happen. And Halloween is coming. Chances are nothing will happen, but as far as I'm concerned why take any chances? I know what you mean. We decided weeks ago that we weren't going to do it this year. It just didn't seem "appropriate" to be celebrating Halloween this year. After the anthrax scares started happening, there was more reason not to participate.
To: Artist
Yes, it is ideal to transmit. Put the smallpox bio on the paperwrap. The victim holds the paperwrap, unwraps the candy, then puts the candy in his/her mouth with his/her fingers. Operation complete!
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posted on
10/21/2001 6:43:47 PM PDT
by
B4Ranch
To: B4Ranch
Plus the wrapper could be dropped along the way, or throw away and the evidence is gone. Thanks
To: proud2bRC
Not to make light of this (I'm glad my kids are past trick or treating age) but $35,000 worth of candy at ONE location? Do they even CARRY THAT MUCH at one location?
Here's a thought, maybe they're buying up all the candy to ruin Halloween, sort of the Grinches that stole Halloween.
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posted on
10/21/2001 6:47:31 PM PDT
by
JENINMO
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