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Smallpox Epidemic Rapidly Spreading In Pakistan Province
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| 6/9/2002
| Muqaddam Khan
Posted on 06/09/2002 1:29:09 PM PDT by ex-Texan
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To: ex-Texan
Perfect opportunity for the US to show her compassion and take care of it 1, 2, 3. That would work wonders. Mr. President, let's roll!
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posted on
06/09/2002 2:04:28 PM PDT
by
a_Turk
To: Politically Correct
If this were small pox there would be deaths. I suspect chicken or cow pox. If it is coxpox these kids are now immune to chicken pox unlike us.
To: Carry_Okie
Yikes.
43
posted on
06/09/2002 2:04:47 PM PDT
by
madfly
To: colgin
Both camelpox and monkeypox may be used for biowar:
News Report Here
I just cannot imagine those Pali's have close contact with monkeys but camels are another story. Did you people hear the one about the French Foreign Legion Captain and his camel .... You need a stool for that joke. Heheeehehee.
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posted on
06/09/2002 2:09:50 PM PDT
by
ex-Texan
To: abner
I seem to remember the first case of Anthrax here in this country the health officials and media tried to pass it off as the editors' trip into the woods. True, and I don't want to get off a tangent here, but anthrax is present in the US and we have had very rare cases where people contracted the disease. The authorities were trying to make the point that one case did not prove a terrorist attack.
Turns out they were wrong.
I suspect here that the Pakistanis don't call this disease by the same word we do. Otherwise this story would be talking about whole villages wiped out, or at least 50% mortality rate among all ages.
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posted on
06/09/2002 2:11:26 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: ex-Texan,cajungirl
I sent the link to the CDC. It's not on their urban legend page yet. I'll post here if they reply to my email addy.
46
posted on
06/09/2002 2:11:59 PM PDT
by
MarMema
To: ex-Texan
The latest
Science has an interesting article suggesting that a smallpox attack would be less catastrophic and more easily contained that we might imagine.
Personally, I think the threat of a smallpox attack is over-rated, for a variety of reasons. We need to prepare for it, no question, but I suspect that the word "smallpox" is being used like "nerve gas" or "dirty nukes" as a codeword for anthrax. Keeps people on their toes, but makes the threat nice and hypothetical so people don't connect the dots. Wouldn't be good for morale if people grasp clearly that we are in a standoff with the Iraqi strongman.
To: ex-Texan; keri; Nogbad; BlackVeil
Chickenpox? Monkeypox? False reports may turn out to be a major problem in the event of another biowarfare attack. (Remember all the "hoax" anthrax letters? Disinformation and misinformation can be part of an enemy's strategy.)
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posted on
06/09/2002 2:13:17 PM PDT
by
Mitchell
To: ex-Texan
OMG! That old joke did it! Now I remember you from HS. Hehehehehe.
To: cajungirl
If it is coxpox these kids are now immune to chicken pox unlike us.
No, exposure to cowpox begets resistance or immunity to smallpox, not chicken pox. Chicken pox is not a true pox at all, but a herpes virus.
To: Mitchell
Sounds like, *** 'Wars and rumors of war' *** to me.
51
posted on
06/09/2002 2:15:28 PM PDT
by
ex-Texan
To: ex-Texan
Al Qaida again? Could be .. they do tend to test things out on their own people first
52
posted on
06/09/2002 2:16:00 PM PDT
by
Mo1
To: 2sheep; Thinkin' Gal
* ping *
53
posted on
06/09/2002 2:16:35 PM PDT
by
ex-Texan
To: cajungirl
Cowpox generally presents with a single localized lesion. So I think this is chicken pox. And I know you meant to say that if it were cowpox, these kids are now immune to *smallpox*, unlike us.
LOL I am in an agricultural community bigtime and I keep wishing for a cowpox case. Apparently - none in the US for quite some time though...darn it. If I had found one I would run my kids over there asap and smear it on them. LOL.
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posted on
06/09/2002 2:16:50 PM PDT
by
MarMema
To: ex-Texan
Wait a minute, what freeper reamed me a new one when I suggested that Afghans have had small pox all a long? It has never been truly eradicated. Cases in Afghanistan have either gone unreported or covered up.
I witnessed small pox in the Afghans. There is nothing so horrific to see as a 2 year old child with small pox. I believe that the UN and health officials in the US have known all along that samll pox reoccuring was a definite possiblity. With or without Al Queda.
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posted on
06/09/2002 2:17:46 PM PDT
by
ODDITHER
To: Sabertooth
If it is coxpox they're in BIG trouble......
To: cajungirl
A really smart farmer could make big bucks from this, don't you think? Head over to Europe, grab some, bring it home and infect a few cows.
Then charge people to bring their families and get infected.
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posted on
06/09/2002 2:18:22 PM PDT
by
MarMema
To: ex-Texan
Rumors of war. Not war.
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posted on
06/09/2002 2:18:38 PM PDT
by
Mitchell
To: EggsAckley; cajungirl
"If it is coxpox"
Well I can't believe I missed that. Rooster pox exposure would definitley lead to immunity from chicken pox
However, no such luck with hen pex.
Hard to believe I'm having this CS conversation with Freepers named cajun and Eggs.
To: ex-Texan
I just looked up a post on a rumour board that spoke of this on 04/16/01 (yes, over a year ago.) Quote below from this
link:
Subject: [health] Possible Smallpox Outbreak In Pakistan
Posted By: Vere My Sone Registered User
Posted At: 4/16/01 7:59:57 pm
Reply from Rense-
sorry if this is a repost-but I didn't notice it
www.sightings.com/general10/px.htm
Possible Smallpox Outbreak
In Pakistan
4-16-1
Hello Jeff - This just crossed my desk. If it is smallpox, this is a very sad day in the life of people on planet Earth.
To Patricia Doyle
From Talpur talpurmir@yahoo.com
Source: Daily Star, Karachi
April 16, 2001
Smallpox Cases Suspected In A Village Near Tando Bago
The Daily Star - Karachi
4-15-1
TANDO BAGO - The deadly disease smallpox, according to medical science has long been eradicated from the world. The malady afflicting a 20-year old villager and his 4-year old nephew in Qasim Magrio, a village near Tando Bago town, seems to be [similar to] this disease. The disease afflicted them 2 weeks ago, [and they now have festering sores]. They have applied all sorts of ointments to the wounds, as prescribed by doctors, but in vain. They were taken to Taluka Hospital, Tando Bago, but the doctors could not diagnose the mysterious malady. Now the condition of the patients is getting worse. Dr Ali Ahmed Khatri the medical superintendent of Taluka Hospital, Tando Bago, talking to The Star said that although smallpox has long since been eradicated he could not rule out the possibility of its reappearance.
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