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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (5931)	10/4/2001 1:04:29 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23908

If you look at the linked WHO fact sheet on Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever, it appears that "Ebola-style" is an exaggeration. The disease is only fatal in 30% of cases, which is far better than Ebola, but more importantly, the disease vectors appear to be ticks, and contact with infected blood and tissue. who.int According to CDC, Ebola can theoretically be transmitted through the air, although there are no documented transmissions that way. cdc.gov Thus, the chilling image in The Twelve Monkeys, of the lethal disease being casually spread from a vial of virus emptied in a crowed airport, doesn't apply to Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, and maybe not to Ebola, either. Interestingly, last night I was reading a description to how the Plains Indians experienced smallpox, and the descriptions were similar - death within a day or two of exposure, people dying where they fell, bleeding from nose and ears. American Indians migrated to the Americas before smallpox became endemic in Europe, and the American Indian population had no resistance. Some tribes lost upwards of 90% of members. Not sure whether the "smallpox infected blanket" is the 19th century version of an urban legend, but this particular outbreak was inadvertently spread by some unknowingly infected passengers on a riverboat.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (5931)	10/4/2001 6:02:11 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23908

Eurofascism on the rise... Wednesday October 3, 10:14 PM The new Islamists: educated, assimilated and in revolt PARIS, Oct 3 (AFP) - Based on the series of arrests here that have followed the September 11 attacks in the US, anti-terrorist experts in France are constructing a new profile of the type of person likely to be drawn into Islamic-inspired violence against the West. What is emerging is a picture of a young man in his 20s or 30s, of North African origin but apparently assimilated into French life. He is well educated, secular-minded and of middle income. And one day he is fired by a sudden hatred of all that surrounds him. He moves into the orbit of a charismatic preacher at a prayer-circle or mosque. His life-style changes and he leaves his family. Finally a trip to Britain -- and the radical Islamic circles that flourish in London, Leicester or Birmingham -- sets the seal on his conversion. [snip] sg.news.yahoo.com Now, what's fascinating in the above scrap is its adaptability to fit/target almost any other minority --here's an example: The new Zionists: educated, assimilated and in revolt PARIS, Oct 3 (AFP) - Based on the series of arrests here that have followed [...], anti-terrorist experts in France are constructing a new profile of the type of person likely to be drawn into Zionist-inspired violence against the East. What is emerging is a picture of a young man in his 20s or 30s, of East European origin but apparently assimilated into French life. He is well educated, secular-minded and of middle income. And one day he is fired by a sudden hatred of all that surrounds him. He moves into the orbit of a charismatic rabbi at a prayer-circle or synagogue. His life-style changes and he leaves his family. Finally a trip to Israel -- and the radical Zionist circles that flourish in Jerusalem, Netanya or Hebron -- sets the seal on his conversion. _________________ Again, bear in mind that NO Islamic terrorist attack occurred in Europe over the past 15 years... Which is, after all, hardly surprising since, as most rabid Zionists claim, Europe's always stood by the Arabs/Palestinians, now hasn't it??