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From: eugene@ames.UUCP (Eugene Miya)
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Subject: Re: Viral infections:  Modern medicine seems virtually helpless!
Message-ID: <1091@ames.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 17-Aug-85 14:20:15 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 17 14:20:15 1985
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Organization: NASA-Ames Research Center, Mtn. View, CA
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Keywords: biological warfare

> >	Various governments (the U.S. included) have been quietly but seriously
> >investigating the creation of *racially-specific* microorganisms, including
> 
> Can you provide sources which will confirm this allegation?
> 	Mark of the Valley of Roses
> 	...!{decvax,linus,ima,ihnp4}!bbncca!aoa!mbr

If he can't, I can.  A couple of books on the subject, one by a USA Col.
and the other by Robin Cook on Biological warfare mention racially
specific characteristics [in particular, cocc.*: aka San J. Valley
Fever, a fungus].  This does not extrapolate that such agents would be used
for their racial qualities.  More that if a particular force has
members of that racial group, it increases the likelyhood that use of that
weapon may backfire.  This stuff was only in the appendicies.  I
can't remember the title fo the former text, by the latter was Silent
Weapons [pretty old by now].  No need to creat new germs anew when many exist
already.

--eugene miya
  the views expressed herein are not my employer's.