19-10-2007, 18:51
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Re: confusing news item about Smallpox
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Originally Posted by steeljack
just come across this news item on the BBC news web-site
BBC NEWS | UK | England | Secret world of bio-attack teams
the thing which confuses me is the report that the UK Govt. has enough stocks of vaccine available for everyone in Britain , according to the report the last case of Smallpox in the UK was in the 30s and the last World wide case was in 1978. So why is the UK Govt. spending money on replenishing 60 odd million doses of vaccine every so many years (I'm not a bio chemist, but I don't think any kind of vacine would have a shelf life of 30 odd years) Do the people in power know something they aren't telling the general population ? have there been un-reported outbreaks in various parts of the World where the "bad guys" live ,or have the boffins at Porton Down created a 'super' weapon from which the British population will be protected .
apologies, in a conspiracy mood today 
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If they didn’t spend it on new vaccines the government would not have an excuse not to up the old age pension.
But then a few radicals already infected with smallpox could come into the country and spend the next few days wandering around the big cities.
The SMART teams rely on people reporting ill but a terrorist would be unlikely to report sick. He would just wander round until he dropped and by then it would be too late.
Just imagine what damage one person could do in London if he spent just one day on the underground. What about three days just riding round and round. He could infect millions before anyone knew anything about it. Other radicals in Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds, Preston, Newcastle, Cardiff, Dublin, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
10 carriers could flatten this country.
Sleep well!
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