-Caveat Lector-
At the risk of seeming disingenuous, let me suggest that the REAL threat
from bioterrorism does not lie in an attack on American cities. It lies
rather in an attack on American agriculture. The most effective way to
disrupt society would be to damage or destroy key crops: for example, to
introduce a new strain of wheat rust which would wreak havoc with the
American wheat harvest. This would affect not only the United States, but
all of those other nations that buy wheat from us, like Russia. Consider
this: if people get word of an approaching snowstorm that's likely to shut
down the city, what three things do they rush to the stores to buy (other
than microwave popcorn)? Milk, eggs...and bread. Now suppose that biological
agents have been tailored to infect wheat, soybeans, and corn. Without
wheat, there is no flour (okay, okay, I know I'm oversimplifying for the
sake of argument), without flour, there is no bread. Without corn and soy,
there is no feed for chickens and cows, thus no eggs and milk. This approach
requires a somewhat longer view than many people are accustomed to, but it
could be horribly effective, especially with increasing monoculture,
elimination of diversity of plant varieties, and consequent destruction of
natural immunities. Use wheat rust for the wheat crop, ergot for rye, mosaic
virus for soybeans and corn...and all of those people who went rushing out
to buy gas masks and CBW suits will be standing in the ration lines just
like all the rest of us.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan S [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 11:13 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [CTRL] U.S. unprepared for biological attacks
>
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> From USA Today,
> http://www.usatoday.com/news/washdc/ncstue08.htm
> -
> 11/30/99- Updated 11:27 PM ET
>
> U.S. unprepared for biological attacks
>
> WASHINGTON (AP) - The government's medical stockpiles for dealing with
> chemical or biological terrorism are poorly managed, often lacking vital
> drugs and adequate security, congressional auditors said Tuesday.
>
> The General Accounting Office, an investigative arm of Congress,
> criticized
> the Departments of Health and Human Services and Veterans Affairs, as well
> as a special Marine Corps unit, for failing to manage their supplies for
> treating civilian victims of a chemical or biological terrorist attack.
>
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