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To: ChemistCat
Statement for the Record by Richard Preston Before The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism & Government Information and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

Chemical and Biological Weapons Threats to America: Are We Prepared?

This is from April, 1998. Contains information about blackpox. One section in particular caught my attention:

In a military release of smallpox, the victims would be receiving extremely high doses of smallpox, far higher than in a natural outbreak, and we can suspect that many of the victims would be developing blackpox and having smallpox bleedouts. Blackpox is even more contagious than so-called ordinary smallpox.

I know from our correspondence that you have also read Preston's fact-based novel The Cobra Event and wanted to mention it in this posting, in case there are other FReepers out there that might read this post and want to check it out. Also worth reading is The Demon In the Freezer, which discounts the notion that only the US and Russia have access to smallpox.

209 posted on 11/04/2001 11:54:37 AM PST by NetSurfer
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To: NetSurfer; Old Student
more good information BUMP
"of concern" information PING
210 posted on 11/04/2001 11:58:58 AM PST by ChemistCat
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