[AntiGuv]

If it weren't for the striking coincidence that all those who've contracted monkeypox recently purchased prairie dogs, there may be something to that.

Why anyone would conceive of West Nile as a potential bioattack (especially with its well-studied & well-known transmission vectors) is beyond me..

[cake_crumb]

"Why anyone would conceive of West Nile as a potential bioattack (especially with its well-studied & well-known transmission vectors) is beyond me.."

Me either, and I got tired of constantly posting and reposting the same darned information over and over to disprove those wacko theories. Some people just WANT the sky to fall.

[Dolphy]

Why anyone would conceive of West Nile as a potential bioattack

One reason may be the rather poor national reporting. It seems to me that the media represented West Nile to be something that attacked the elderly or those with compromised immune systems. In Western Michigan last summer there were several cases of West Nile in healthy adults. The victims, as of last report, were left with polio like disabilities and long rehab stints.

[aristeides]

Why anyone would conceive of West Nile as a potential bioattack

Aren't the first places where the disease appeared in the country the NYC and D.C. areas?

[virgil]

From what I can tell they have known about the monkeypox since April 18th and we are just now hearing about it. All the people you're seeing on TV are already recovered from it.

[backhoe]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1039962/posts
Highly pathogenic avian influenza in Korea Emergency report
ProMed ^ | 12/13/03 | Chang-Seob Kim

[Smittie]

Why anyone would conceive of West Nile as a potential bioattack (especially with its well-studied & well-known transmission vectors) is beyond me..

Well it did first pop up in New York City. It's killed more people than the anthrax attack. Using mosquitoes is easier than smuggling in other weapons. Maybe they were trying to see how much panic they could cause. I wouldn't say definitely it was a bioattack, but tell me what these terrorists wouldn't do to attack us.