Anthrax.

Shadow Sandrock · Post by **Shadow Sandrock** » Tue Oct 16, 2001 9:47 am

I'm sure we all know about the 12 cases of Anthrax that have occurred in the United States, and the letters the bacteria have been contained in. I decided to start a thread to discuss it because it is a major issue. What do you believe is the cause of the anthrax attacks?

Personally, I would like to know what was written on the letters that they found the bacteria in. I mean, all I know is that they are "threatening". A close examination of the words, and perhaps a fingerprint scan could reveal who is behind this. What do you think is going on with all this anthrax stuff?

NeKr0mAnCeR · Post by **NeKr0mAnCeR** » Tue Oct 16, 2001 10:37 am

i thinks they're next step will be to make posts with antrax!!!

Shadow Sandrock · Post by **Shadow Sandrock** » Tue Oct 16, 2001 10:41 am

LOL!!! Don't quote or you might catch it.

fable · Post by **fable** » Tue Oct 16, 2001 10:41 am

Originally posted by NeKr0mAnCeR:
i thinks they're next step will be to make posts with antrax!!!

@Nekromancer, don't you think that humor is a bit...inappropriate?

Shadow Sandrock · Post by **Shadow Sandrock** » Tue Oct 16, 2001 10:43 am

*** Edited to help cease the flame war ***

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Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Tue Oct 16, 2001 11:50 am

@Sandy Whoever mailed the anthrax is probably smart enough to not leave fingerprints. A close examination of the words may reveal a lot or it may reveal nothing. It is highly doubtful that they have not done those things, even if they've said nothing about it on the news. I don't know for sure, but I would think that those would be "normal" procedure when something like this happens.

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Shadow Sandrock · Post by **Shadow Sandrock** » Tue Oct 16, 2001 11:51 am

@SS: Yeah, you're right, it was probably already done at least twice. We just gotta pray they stop...

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Tue Oct 16, 2001 11:57 am

Posted by SS -

@Sandy Whoever mailed the anthrax is probably smart enough to not leave fingerprints. A close examination of the words may reveal a lot or it may reveal nothing.

Also, considering one of the strains was cutaneous Anthrax - you would consider they might be wearing gloves

Shadow Sandrock · Post by **Shadow Sandrock** » Tue Oct 16, 2001 11:59 am

Originally posted by Yshania:
Also, considering one of the strains was cutaneous Anthrax - you would consider they might be wearing gloves

LOL!!! Now THAT is a good point that I can't argue with.

fable · Post by **fable** » Tue Oct 16, 2001 12:14 pm

@SS, I've edited your post above, to remove the criticism of my remarks directed at Nekromancer, as moderator. It's up to him to respond to me, if he sees fit, and the subject of this topic is not my comments. If you have a problem with the content of my posts, you know from the rules to please take it up with Buck and myself via email. Thank you.

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Shadow Sandrock · Post by **Shadow Sandrock** » Tue Oct 16, 2001 12:32 pm

Oopsies... sowwy.

Wait, the OTHER SS.. Duh.... XD sorry

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Tue Oct 16, 2001 12:34 pm

@Fable - good luck with your new responsibilities. You are a braver man than me

Shadow Sandrock · Post by **Shadow Sandrock** » Tue Oct 16, 2001 12:35 pm

Originally posted by Yshania:
@Fable - good luck with your new responsibilities. You are a braver man than me

*must be missing something*

Oh wait! Fable's a mod here now! Congratulations! It's up to you now to control relentless spamming here!

Post #77 of today... I've never posted this much in one day in my life.

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Tue Oct 16, 2001 12:41 pm

Glad to see you here Fable

fable · Post by **fable** » Tue Oct 16, 2001 12:42 pm

Originally posted by Shadow Sandrock:
*must be missing something*

Oh wait! Fable's a mod here now! Congratulations! It's up to you now to control relentless spamming here!

Post #77 of today... I've never posted this much in one day in my life.

Tenks.

Actually, I don't mind spamming, although I'm only a very humble and mildly accomplished spammer (particularly next to the likes of Waverly, Weasel, Darkpoet, Foul or Brink). But I would like to see the moderators' decisions, enforcing Buck's forum rules, followed. As anybody knows who's read these forums, I'm a pretty easygoing guy. (Well, other than that time I garroted all the chipmunks for miles around to complete a satanic ritual, but that was...business. Yeah, business.) So hopefully, you won't hear from me in my moderator's hat very much.

Shadow Sandrock · Post by **Shadow Sandrock** » Tue Oct 16, 2001 12:44 pm

You're still the same ol' Fable.

Sojourner · Post by **Sojourner** » Tue Oct 16, 2001 1:00 pm

What really worries me is not the anthrax in the mail (the dumbest way to conduct germ warfare), but what we will fail to notice while being distracted by this.

Shadow Sandrock · Post by **Shadow Sandrock** » Tue Oct 16, 2001 1:03 pm

Originally posted by Sojourner:
What really worries me is not the anthrax in the mail (the dumbest way to conduct germ warfare), but what we will fail to notice while being distracted by this.

Like Hurricane Iris?

fable · Post by **fable** » Tue Oct 16, 2001 1:04 pm

Originally posted by Sojourner:
What really worries me is not the anthrax in the mail (the dumbest way to conduct germ warfare), but what we will fail to notice while being distracted by this.

Astute observation. I've been wondering how long a group of terrorists will wait before they decide to take advantage of our very loose gun laws. Mind, I'm not speaking here about the ability to own a single firearm, but the supposedly Constitution-given right for a single person to buy and bear 30 assault rifles.

So...I have to wonder when somebody with a presumably good reputation is going to walk into a few different gun shops, and begin buying up these things, handing them out to terrorists, who then move on a specific kind of building in important US cities on at a given date and time. Banks? State offices? I don't know. I just see a disaster patiently waiting for its cue.

Silur · Post by **Silur** » Tue Oct 16, 2001 1:05 pm

I think the word Anthrax carries a lot of ghosts with it, since it's the proverbial bioweapon in any description of the term. This is probably because it was one of the earlier agents to become publicly known, and maybe also because a HeavyMetal rockband took their name from it. It is a really nasty disease in it's inhaled form, but it's not as easy to become infected as is popularly thought. It isn't contagious so you need to be in direct contact with the spores. An accident in a bioweapons factory in Sverdlovsk (that's in Russia) in 1979 released a cloud of the inhaled variant over the city (1 million+ pop), and only 79 cases of Anthrax were diagnosed where 68 were fatal. Before the Sarin attack in Tokyo, the same whacko cult (the name escapes me at the moment... Aum Shinrikyo?) spread Anthrax on 8 occations with very limited results. Had they used a more virulent strain, perhaps the results had been slightly different, but the main problem is delivery. Using the postal service, however inventive for attacking specific persons, is not likely to cause an epidemic, especially not now when everyone is on the alert.

Still, it's a pity the British spread the stuff all over Guinard(sp?) island. They've cleaned it up a bit, but it's still uninhabitable.