I just had a chilling thought this morning. Foot and mouth disease is easily spread -- and could be purposefully spread by terrorists as yet another method to destablize the US economy. Imagine how easily it would be to sneak into the heart of agribusiness or a large farm and spread this disease. It would effectively destabilize food supplies across the country. Everyone keeps looking at obvious biological targets in the cities -- but what about using cropdusters to spread F&MD in the country, infecting multiple farms at once? Yet another thing we need to be vigilant of.

-- Michael Nuckols (nuckolsm@wildak.net), September 28, 2001

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In spite of the way England handled the hoof and mouth outbreak, cattle can recover from hoof and mouth. There's more concern of anthrax (also a cattle disease) being used. If you recall, many of our military refused the anthrax vaccine.

-- ~Rogo (rogo2020@yahoo.com), September 28, 2001.