White House Outlines Bioterrorism Plan

[cal04]

Source: Associated Press Writer

To deal with potential bioterrorism, the government will focus on buying new medicines for anthrax, smallpox and acute radiation syndrome, according to a Bush administration plan.

The plan's release came on the same day that Democratic lawmakers raised concerns about the government's efforts in preparing how to confront a weapon of mass destruction.

The Health and Human Services Department terminated the largest contract, $877 million for an anthrax vaccine, through a procurement program known as Project BioShield.

``BioShield is a new program. That said, new doesn't necessarily equate with a license to make mistakes,'' said Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. ``Yet, mistakes have been made with regard to the development and implementation of the program,'' said Thompson, D-Miss.



Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6569204,00.html

[truthisfreedom]

1. Acute Radiation Syndrome??? How about just some Potassium Iodate pills (they're better-tasting than

the Potassium Iodide pills still being shilled) to protect people's thyroids from radioactive Iodine in the even of a nuclear event?

[bobthedrummer]

2. Bio-Shield isn't new. Some of US discussed this in a kpete thread

from February 5, 2007.

"BUSH ADMIN Allocating $43 Billion To Create An Illegal Biological Weapons Program"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x128146

[Newsjock]

3. When the headline says "White House Outlines Bioterrorism Plan" ...

... the first thing I think of is how they're going to commit it (again), not prevent it.

[lovuian]

4. I hope the plan talks about poisonous food sent from other

countries made by their bio Terror labs

I hope they can get the handle on that

:rofl: this makes me laugh
or like BioTerrorism on our agricultural system like somebody planting pesticides in our plants to kill all the bees and destroy our food supply

ya tell me about the BioTerrorism group again
:rofl: