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To: Ilaine who wrote (5932)	10/4/2001 1:21:02 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

When Hernando de Soto travelled through the Missisippi valley in 1540, the first white man to do so, he found whole villages standing empty. Their inhabitants had died from smallpox without having seen a white man. Not only did the North American Indians not have specific resistance to smallpox, but scientists think that they had less general exposure or resistance to disease, since they kept no livestock and did not live in cities.

To: Ilaine who wrote (5932)	10/4/2001 2:58:05 AM
From: Bilow	Respond to of 23908

Hi CobaltBlue; Re: "... the disease vectors appear to be ticks ..." Just as I predicted! Bilow, October 2, 2001 If it came down to biological warfare the advantages are all with the United States. ... Second, our expertise in biological engineering would allow us to easily design a deadly virus whose only cure is to take daily showers. The U.S. would escape largely unscathed. In the unlikely event that the enemy (and the French) figured out the cure, we'd make billions from selling them the soap at artificially high prices. #reply-16446277 -- Carl P.S. There are some indications that the death rate due to Ebola isn't quite as bad as they would have you believe. Humans are quite hard to kill off...