folks are catching on
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3bc1dc31440d.htm
Hhhhmmmmmm, the lightbulbs are going off at Free Republic
" I don't want to alarm anyone here too much, but there is a disturbing and fortunately unlikely explanation for why employees and a building of The Sun would have Anthrax exposure if terrorism is involved.
If a terrorist was seeking to distribute Anthrax spores throughout the U.S. and U.K., the spores would need a dry medium through which to be transported, e.g., newspapers. The Sun is a newspaper delivered throughout the U.S. and U.K. Hypothetically, it may be possible to disperse Anthrax spores throughout the U.S. and U.K. by somehow contaminating the pages of a newspaper like The Sun. Since a tabloid like The Sun is placed in supermarkets where it is opened and read by people waiting in line for cashiers (small concentrated populations that could be exposed), this would affect the spread of spores in supermarkets throughout the West where the tabloid is distributed. In other words, such an approach for an Anthrax attack would achieve very widespread distribution of a biological weapon throughout Western society, and this, in turn, would precipitate an incapacitating panic (particularly since the spores can remain toxic for dozens of years).
Given this possibility, I would think the FBI and CDC and whatever comparable organizations exist in the UK are very busy checking copies of The Sun in supermarkets for Anthrax contamination. If such contamination is found, then the printing presses for The Sun should be shutdown, quarantined and examined for signs of Anthrax spores. What's rather frightening is The Sun appears to be published by an organization called News International that publishes multiple papers distributed throughout the West. Hence, exposure at The Sun might also involve exposure of sister publications.
A couple of key questions with regard to the possibility of an Anthrax attack being conducted in such a manner are:
1. At the printing press, when the paper is being printed, can spores be deposited on pages going through the printing presses? If the pages are moist, does this allow adhesion of the spores without the moisture rendering the spores ineffective?
2. Would the concentration of spores in each copy of the paper be sufficient to infect people exposed within close proximity of the papers when they are opened and read?
Is anyone expert enough here to answer such questions?
Is what I'm concerned about even possible?
by Spirit Of Truth "
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These were my very first thoughts. NOW why won't they tell us where these rags are printed and are they even planning on checking the presses for contamination."
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"It adds new meaning to the term "junkmail".
Just think if you could impregnate some of those free perfume samples with Anthrax or something more nasty.
"Here honey, smell this one." "
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"See, this is what I meant last week when I was griping about the CDC and their handling of the 2nd case of anthrax.
Namely, that they are lying sacks of sh*t who are only interested in the PR aspects of disease, and in CYA (public health be damned.)
Plus, they strangely want to help us avoid panic, as if we would just run up and down the street, yelling incoherently, with our hands up in the air, as in a sci-fi flick.
NOTE TO FEDS:
WE ARE NOT AS STUPID AND EASILY FRIGHTENED AS YOU THINK.
WE ARE NOT EVEN AS STUPID AS YOU ARE.
PLEASE STOP LYING TO US ABOUT MATTERS OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
Specifically, the fact that the first dead was a Brit working in Florida for a media company was not made clear.
Leaving the vague possibility open that he was a wool-sorter, sheep person, or hunter, or who-knows-what.
As it is, anyone who fit his demographic and has anthrax was certainly a victim of terrorism, and much more so any subsequent victim working IN THE SAME BUILDING.
So Feds,
Stop chasing down Branch Dividians, tax chiselers, Medicare unbundlers, and gun owners, and anti-Clinton witnesses.
START DOING YOUR DAMN JOB AND PROTECT THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES FROM HOSTILE ALIENS.
AND STOP LYING TO US ABOUT MATTERS OF PUBLIC HEALTH!!!! "
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Who would have thought that the dissemination of Anthrax spores throughout the US would be facilitated by using the supermarket tabloids. Think about it, once published and printed the Anthrax spores are placed into the stacks of the tabloids and are sent throughout the US. The opening of the stacks and placing them on the shelves would expose millions to the disease. The incubation period is 16 days, so it will be awhile before the extent and severity of the exposure could be assessed.
The security in the printing plants throughout the US would be minimal at best. "
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What a horrifying thought! Never considered that. Do you think anthrax spores can travel w/those magazines?
