Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Fred Mertz
"There's no reason to believe that any of our enemies has smallpox virus."

How does he know?

But he's right about the spreading. Naturally humans lived with it for millienia without flu-like spreading. However, unnatural means of spread might be a problem.

4 posted on 09/27/2002 11:57:07 AM PDT by Shermy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies ]


To: Shermy
I thought smallpox was a large factor in the near-extinction of the Native Americans? I admit I haven't kept up with the latest research, but I do remember learning that.
5 posted on 09/27/2002 12:03:23 PM PDT by m1911
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies ]

To: Shermy
Couldn't bioengineering affect the rate of spread?
15 posted on 09/27/2002 12:41:01 PM PDT by aristeides
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson