Killer Flu Bug: New Chinese "Biological Weapon" Rumors are Again Hot News on the Internet

News Pundit.net ^ | 3/27/2003 | Douglas Oliver

[arkady_renko]

Even more disturbing is the outbreak of this disease and its timing to coincide with the War on Iraq.

I think it actually predated the war with Iraq by several months.

A_R

[adamyoshida]

Yes, but everyone knew that the war was coming.

The way the Chinese have clamped down on public information is also distrubing.

[mabelkitty]

The Chinese are disturbing. Let's hope the dropped the vial and it spreads through their government like poison ivy.

[dirtboy]

Killer Flu Bug: New Chinese "Biological Weapon" Rumors are Again Hot News on the Internet

Actually, this is what happens when pigs, chickens and people all sleep together...

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

Nature has a way of thinning an overpopulation of herd animals.

China qualifies whether the bug is manmade or a mutation of something already existing!

[womanvet]

Actually, the Chinese are not famous for their open society, or allowing bad news to be told about them, particularly within China.

Not to say it isn't bio-engineered, but my info tells me that these two viruses are not uncommon. They are found in most people. The upsetting part is one report that said they were found in necropsied lung tissue. They are more commonly seen in nasal and saliva secretions, even in healthy people.

[Timesink]

This just in from the CDC: A cure has been found!

[Captainpaintball]

I have no doubt this is a man-made virus. We should stop Chinese from entering the country, until this blows over. If it never blows over, oh, well.

They are stealing our technology, they are arming our enemies, they are flooding our country ( http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=30903 ) are they also waging war against us? When China strikes, they will strike many ways, and they will strike asymmetrically.

[headsonpikes]

"Disturbing"

We need a more incisive word, but I'm afraid to make a suggestion.

I'll stick with 'disturbing'; this is a very disturbing outbreak.

[Captainpaintball]

I have no doubt this is a man-made virus

Whoops, I meant,I believe this is a man-made virus.

[carl in alaska]

Given the difficulty of controlling a viral epedemic, it seems unlikely that SARS is caused directly by a bio-weapon. But it is possible that a Chineese scientist was doing research into bio-weapons or treatments for bio-weapons when he accidently developed a killer virus. Let's hope we can find a treatment and a cure for this quickly. Legionaire's Disease was also a nasty killer disease that baffled scientists for a while. This looks like a tougher disease, but there still may be a way to cure it.

As for the Chineese, I believe they are an extremely dangerous nation. I've personally observed low-level spying by Chineese nationals and I have no doubt that they are working on numerous ways to attack America. But this doesn't look like one of them.

[Snowy]

Actually, this is what happens when pigs, chickens and people all sleep together...

Sounds like the whole Democratic party...

[Alberta's Child]

There is one major issue with bio-warfare, as it pertains to the United States, that most people fail to recognize.

Because of the American diet and the superior medical care available in the United States, any infectious agent that is introduced into the world is always going to kill a lot more people from China, Pakistan, India, Zimbabwe, etc. than Americans. Or it will kill them faster.

Which makes germ warfare less effective against the U.S. than against any other nation in the world.

[aristeides]

I spoke with an expert in internal medicine yesterday about whether this new killer disease might possibly be a "man-made disease," or in other words, a possible bio-weapon. After considering the evidence set forth above, he said that, "All the signs are there and it is very disturbing." The doctor declined further comment and preferred not to be quoted on the record.

[dirtboy]

Sounds like the whole Democratic party...

Especially the Chicom aspect, although you would need to toss in a few invertebrate life forms such as lobbyists and journalists to complete the Dem menagarie...

[Jim Noble]

The rapid spread of this disease lends increasing weight to the evidence that this mystery flu may have been developed in a laboratory

The two things (rapid spread-evidence that it may be a bioweapon) are completely unrelated. The fact of rapid spread is a common feature of many natural respiratory pathogens and says nothing at all about the origin of this pathogen.

[dirtboy]

I have no doubt this is a man-made virus

Didn't have genetic engineering when the Influenza outbreak of 1918 hit, and that was worse than this bug. China is a prime breeding ground for crossover strains of nasty flu bugs because people sleep in close proximity with their livestock (and no, no comments about Woody Allen movies)...

[Jim Noble]

I spoke with an expert in internal medicine yesterday about whether this new killer disease might possibly be a "man-made disease," or in other words, a possible bio-weapon. After considering the evidence set forth above, he said that, "All the signs are there and it is very disturbing." The doctor declined further comment and preferred not to be quoted on the record.

Well, I am board certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, a member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Society for Microbiology, and I think the evidence that this is a bioweapon is zero.

And, feel free to quote me.

On the record.

[Pentagram]

Unfortunately, heath officials cannot question the research scientist because he died from the killer flu.

Was he named Ca Pan Tripp?