unfortunately it's no bogus...... actually it is threat no. 1........
Read this interesting article and think about it - since all but the
older generations ( who have been inoculated for smallpox and still
have the antibodies in their blood ) are vulnerable to this deadly
disease, people will die by thousands at a time if this virus were
deliberately re-introduced in our society by terrorists.
Shivers go down my spine ..

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_723715.html

Best regards,
Rijk



On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 07:19:30 -0600, "Michael D. Ober"
<obermd-@-alum-mit-edu-nospam> wrote:

Sounds bogus to me.  There are only a few samples of the Smallpox virus
still left in the world and it hasn't been seen in the wild for over two
decades.

Mike.

"Chuck in Minot" <no0z@earthmail.com> wrote in message
news:vnmgis9c15n061@corp.supernews.com...

Just got this in my PC-NEWS inbox, has anybody heard
of this, and they do mention the S@H project as well.

PC GRID POWERS SEARCH FOR SMALLPOX CURE
Volunteers worldwide hook up PCs to help discover a new treatment.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112713,tk,dn100103X,00.asp