http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31567.htm The New York Post is reporting that a female librarian at American Media has pneumonia, and has tested positive for anthrax. There's still no evidence, according to the FBI, that this anthrax outbreak was the result of criminal activity. Legionaire's Disease first appeared to be a terror weapon when significant numbers of cases appeared at a convention center. Later we learned that it was simply a virulent form of pneumonia that liked to live in standing water in building air conditioning systems. Time will tell whether this anthrax outbreak is something similar. Clearly the timing is suspicious. One would think that a competent biological warfare attack against an office building with 300 people in it would kill more than one person. -- Eric Michael Cordian 0+ O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division "Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law"
on Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 10:23:04AM -0700, Eric Cordian (emc@artifact.psychedelic.net) wrote:
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31567.htm
The New York Post is reporting that a female librarian at American Media has pneumonia, and has tested positive for anthrax.
There's still no evidence, according to the FBI, that this anthrax outbreak was the result of criminal activity.
Legionaire's Disease first appeared to be a terror weapon when significant numbers of cases appeared at a convention center. Later we learned that it was simply a virulent form of pneumonia that liked to live in standing water in building air conditioning systems.
Pneumonia is a symptom, not an infectuous agent, describing an inflammation (and often accumulation of fluids) in the lungs. Mortality is high unless treated, frequently with antibiotics. Infectious agents include bacteria, viruses, and fungi. Noninfectious causes include oil aspiration, radiation, chemicals, vegetable dusts, and silo-filler's disease (Source: Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary). Legioniare's disease is caused by a bacterial infection: http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/ideas/factsht/legion.htm Legionellosis is an acute bacterial disease caused by Legionella pneumophila, a poorly staining, Gram-negative bacillus commonly found in water. Of the fourteen currently recognized serogroups of L. pneumophila bacteria, serogroup 1 is most commonly associated with outbreaks and sporadic cases of legionellosis. Legionellosis may occur in two primary forms: Legionnaire's disease and Pontiac fever. Legionnaire's disease is the most common form of legionellosis. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
On Tuesday, October 9, 2001, at 10:23 AM, Eric Cordian wrote:
One would think that a competent biological warfare attack against an office building with 300 people in it would kill more than one person.
Maybe they're just starting to get real world operational experience in bio-warfare. Their first attack on the WTC was amazingly incompetent the second worked all to well. If this is in fact an attack I expect they'll study the outcome and try to improve their delivery methodology.
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