Re: [ME] Florida and Bioterror

["Robert J. Hansen" <rjhansen@xxxxxxxx>]

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> The concern is justified, but is it any more justified than it was
> at the time of the Oklahoma bombing?

Absolutely it is.  In the past, while there has been a theoretical
risk of bioterror, there's also been a theoretical risk of Joan
Crawford rising from the grave.  When her grave is still intact, your
concern isn't particularly justified.  But when her grave's disturbed
and CNN is reporting that a zombie's been seen riding cross-country
on top of the Blue Oyster Cult tour bus, well, that's when your
concern becomes "more justified".

> Anthrax is destroyed by ultraviolet light (not oxygen), and to be
> used as a  

CNN is reporting oxygen.

> Questions have been raised about the foot and mouth outbreak in the
> UK being a biological attack (especially by Iraq, since the disease
> is endemic there). This whole scenario has overtones of On Her
> Majesty's Secret Service. Was this a biological attack also?

Is foot and mouth naturally found in the UK?  Yes, although farmers
try very hard to keep their flocks clear of it.  It's irrational to
go, on that evidence alone, from there to "who the hell introduced
foot and mouth into the UK?"

Are anthrax spores naturally found on keyboards in tabloid offices? 
No.  It's rational to go, on that evidence alone, from there to "who
the hell introduced anthrax spores into the building?"

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