Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site nrcvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!psivax!nrcvax!terry From: terry@nrcvax.UUCP (Terry Grevstad) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Andromeda Strain question Message-ID: <212@nrcvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 15:34:44 EDT Article-I.D.: nrcvax.212 Posted: Thu Aug 15 15:34:44 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 22:37:26 EDT References: <207@proper.UUCP> Reply-To: terry@nrcvax.UUCP (Terry Grevstad) Distribution: net Organization: Network Research Research Corp. Oxnard,CA Lines: 28 Summary: judith@proper.UUCP (judith) says: >I haven't seen _The_Andromeda_Strain_ in a few years, but I began to wonder >about this recently. As the scientists who are to investigate the bug are >taken deeper and deeper into the lab complex, they are progressively cleaned, >shaven, disinfected, weaned from real food, etc. etc. etc., so they will be >REALLY clean when they get to the lowest level. > >What for? > >They never interact with anything important except through waldos and other >interfaces built to eliminate contact, so what's the difference? Not only that, but I have it on good authority (various doctors and nurses) that if they went through all that high level disinfecting they would have been very dead. Especially the part where they burn off the top layer of skin. That much burning over the entire body would probably kill anything. -- \"\t\f1A\h'+1m'\f4\(mo\h'+1m'\f1the\h'+1m'\f4\(es\t\f1\c _______________________________________________________________________ Terry Grevstad Network Research Corporation {sdcsvax,hplabs}!sdcrdcf!psivax!nrcvax!terry ucbvax!calma!nrcvax!terry