posted on January 7, 2003 12:42:14 PM new
There is 186 cases reported at one care center.
Is this a terrorist ploy? Since the virus can be spread by a handshake, I don't think it would take much to contaminate the ships, just a bit and watch it spread.
Now, are they doing a test or is their objective to put fear and confusion into our country?
Lastly, is it "them?" Or is it our own government? Or is it just another virus showing it muscle?
posted on January 7, 2003 01:32:00 PM new
If this is terrorist related,I would tear in to all the air conditioning ducts and recirc.systems.Most of the systems includeing the air on airplanes are recycled,and no clean air in.
Hospitals, are the hot bed of a lot of disease's,they know it,but refuse to change the systems out.
posted on January 7, 2003 02:05:04 PM newThis is a completely preventable disease,'' Matyas said. ''If you observe people's behavior in public bathrooms, it's frightening how many people come out of a stall and don't wash their hands.''
More common way to pass along many illnesses. Remember that the next time you eat out.
''We'd almost call it an epidemic level,'' said John Auerbach, executive director of the Boston Public Health Commission. ''You can't miss it because it has such horrible symptoms. It comes and goes in about 48 hours, but people who have it say it's the worst 48 hours of their life.''
The fact that it started on cruise ships and then moved inland is strange. It's my guess that it's an attempt to test germ warfare with special interest in how the virus travels. A similar experiment was conducted in Washington DC in the 1960's when a bacterium was spread in the Washington National Airport to evaluate how easy it would be for an enemy agent to scatter smallpox through the entire country by infecting air travelers. Instead of smallpox, the bacterirm Bacillius subtilis was used.
posted on January 7, 2003 02:52:50 PM new
Is there any known lasting affects after contacting this virus? Just wondering if it "attachs" to the immune system ,or organ of the body.Wonder what strange little "monkey"this will be associated with?
posted on January 7, 2003 03:05:52 PM new
I doubt that a virus with a long lasting or deadly effect is used. Maybe they just want to find out how the virus will spread from the ships.
posted on January 7, 2003 05:56:25 PM new
But even the mildest illness that they have used to study vectors kill a few elderly and people with weakened immune systems.
But the State comes before the individual.
They would volunteer if they knew - right?
