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To: dead
A weapon that has killed exactly one person so far can hardly be called a weapon of mass destruction, and it is certainly not comparable to a nuclear ICBM.

There are lots of implications in the use of this bio weapon other then the current death count.
Will the buildings that weapons grade anthrax was released into, ever be truelly safe to work in ?
Will the people who inhaled the weapons grade anthrax in the senate office building have long term health issues ?
What are the long term environmental affects of releasing weapons grade anthrax into heavily populated areas ?

140 posted on 10/17/2001 1:51:14 PM PDT by justa-hairyape
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To: justa-hairyape
Will the buildings that weapons grade anthrax was released into, ever be truelly safe to work in ?

Of course. Anthrax is easy to kill with disinfectants or heat.

Will the people who inhaled the weapons grade anthrax in the senate office building have long term health issues ?

There is absolutely no evidence that they will. Wool gatherers generally inhale 150-700 anthrax spores a day while they work.

What are the long term environmental affects of releasing weapons grade anthrax into heavily populated areas ?

None that I know of. Do you know otherwise?

Listen, I’m not saying releasing anthrax is a good thing, I was just making the case that comparing these releases to the detonation of a nuclear weapon is extreme hyperbole. They are a dangerous annoyance which can turn fatal in very small numbers. You cannot say the same things about a nuclear detonation in a city.

141 posted on 10/17/2001 2:25:32 PM PDT by dead
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