http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1164/topics/332974 en-US 60 <p>i think anything that ingest you might want to reconsider.</p> Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:27:48 +0800 www.sgforums.com:1164:332974:8465087 Arapahoe http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1164/topics/332974 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by Pitot:</div> <div class="quote_body"> <p>All they need to do is to poison every single stuff they export so the whole world will die slowly.</p> <p>oh, did they already do that? <img src= "/images/emoticons/classic/icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" /></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Enough already lar... I'm trying to figure out which Made In China stuff to throw away now. &nbsp;Even my ThinkPad is made in China... dam sad.</p> Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:32:48 +0800 www.sgforums.com:1164:332974:8463785 Shotgun http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1164/topics/332974 <p class="" style=""><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="" style="margin: 0in 6pt 0pt; text-indent: 0in;"> <span style=""><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</span></span><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I do not know if SARS is a biological weapon or some genetics experiment got out from a Lab.....But Singapore set up&nbsp;BSL 4. So in any case&nbsp;govt is treating it as a&nbsp;threat to Singapore. &nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="" style="margin: 0in 6pt 0pt; text-indent: 0in;"> <span style=""><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="" style="margin: 0in 6pt 0pt; text-indent: 0in;"> <span style=""><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="" style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="">&nbsp;</span>just an empirical observation Ebola virus&nbsp;appear in 1976 and once in a while it&nbsp;make headline news so does Avian flu, foot n mouth disease etc. Virus i believe do adapt and survived when they find a host they spread. If that particular strain of corona virus just disappear like that......after&nbsp;peppering Asia. Than is that because it is unstable unable to adapt to our living environment but only in certain labs? So certainly questions need further exploring . So far it is only conspiracy theories from internet.</span></span></p> Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:31:36 +0800 www.sgforums.com:1164:332974:8459354 Arapahoe http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1164/topics/332974 <p class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0in;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style= "font-size: 13.5pt;">I guess a general questions to ask is does it fit any of these definitions?</span></span></p> <p class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0in;"></p> <p class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0in;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style= "font-size: 13.5pt;">Biological weapons are defined as:</span> </span></p> <ul> <li class="" style=""><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong><em><span style= "font-size: 13.5pt;">Microorganisms</span></em></strong> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">that infect and grow in the target host producing a clinical disease that kills or incapacitates the targeted host. Such microbes may be natural, wild-type strains or may be the result of genetically engineered organisms.</span> </span></li> <li class="" style=""><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong><em><span style= "font-size: 13.5pt;">Biologically Derived Bioactive Substances</span></em></strong> <span style= "font-size: 13.5pt;">(<strong><em>BDBS</em></strong>) products of metabolism (usually, but not always, of microbial origin) that kill or incapacitate the targeted host. These include biological toxins, as well as substances that interfere with normal behavior, such as hormones, neuropeptides and cytokines.</span> </span></li> </ul> <p class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0in;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style= "font-size: 13.5pt;">The perfect biological organism or <span style="color: red;">biologically derived bioactive substance</span> <span style="color: red;">(BDBS)</span> for use as a weapon should have the following characteristics:</span> </span></p> <ol> <li class="" style=""><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style= "font-size: 13.5pt;">Highly infectious; requiring only a few organisms to cause the desired effect (e.g. smallpox) or <span style="color: black;">highly effective; requiring a small quantity of material to cause the desired effect</span> (e.g. botox).</span> </span></li> <li class="" style=""><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style= "font-size: 13.5pt;">Efficiently dispersible, usually in the air; contagious or effective on <span style= "color: black;">contact</span>.</span> </span></li> <li class="" style=""><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style= "font-size: 13.5pt;">Readily grown and <span style= "color: black;">produced in large quantities</span>.</span> </span></li> <li class="" style=""><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style= "font-size: 13.5pt;">Stable in stor<span style= "color: black;">age;</span> preferably in a ready-to-deliver state.</span> </span></li> <li class="" style=""><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style= "font-size: 13.5pt;">Resistant enough to environmental conditions so as to remain infectious or <span style= "color: black;">operational</span> long enough to affect the majority of the target, but not so persistent as to affect the occupying army.</span> </span></li> <li class="" style=""><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style= "font-size: 13.5pt;">Resistant to treat<span style= "color: black;">ment</span>; e.g. antibiotics, antibodies, pharmaceutical drugs etc.</span> </span></li> </ol> <p class="" style=""><span style= "font-family: Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</span></p> Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:44:23 +0800 www.sgforums.com:1164:332974:8459252 Arapahoe http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1164/topics/332974 <p>All they need to do is to poison every single stuff they export so the whole world will die slowly.</p> <p>oh, did they already do that? <img src= "/images/emoticons/classic/icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" /></p> Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:54:37 +0800 www.sgforums.com:1164:332974:8458370 Pitot http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1164/topics/332974 <h2>Taiwan suggests SARS was China warfare plot</h2> <p>TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan legislators wearing surgical masks and displaying banners with skull and crossbones took over parliament's floor on Tuesday after the country's security chief accused China of starting the global SARS epidemic six years ago as part of a biological warfare campaign.</p> <p>Taiwan National Security Bureau Director-General Tsai Chao-ming told a legislative committee on Monday that sources in China suspected biological warfare, but that conclusive evidence had not surfaced.</p> <p>Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome originated in southern China in 2002 and went on to kill hundreds of people around the world -- including about 350 in China -- bringing Asian tourism and air industries almost to a halt.</p> <p>An initial cover-up of the epidemic led to the sacking of Beijing's mayor and the health minister and led to scores of conspiracy theories about the origin of the virus.</p> <p>"In the 2003 SARS period, there were deaths and injuries, and in addition China hid the patient count, causing panic in people's hearts," the security bureau said in a statement.</p> <p>"At that time insider information indicated that SARS was a biological weapon." &nbsp; Tsai told the committee that SARS had "become a biological warfare formula" in China and that the bureau would "continue to monitor the situation," local media said on Tuesday, splashing the story across TV screens and front pages.</p> <p>China has claimed sovereignty over self-ruled Taiwan since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949. Beijing has vowed to bring the island back under mainland rule, by force if necessary.</p> <p>Some legislators were unsure why the security bureau brought SARS up at such a crucial time in cross-strait relations, which have improved under the presidency of Ma Ying-jeou.</p> <p>"The comment about biological warfare from China brings SARS back as a hot topic," the United Daily News said. "It raises questions about whether President Ma Ying-jeou's government can build citizen trust in its administrative ability."</p> <p>Conspiracy theories about SARS have appeared before. After two Russian scientists said that SARS could have been manufactured in labs, Chinese activists pointed to the United States, saying Washington might be using it against China.</p> Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:37:40 +0800 www.sgforums.com:1164:332974:8458329 iveco http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1164/topics/332974 <div class=""><a href="/" rel="nofollow"></a></div> <div class=""> <h1>Stupidity a "biological weapon"</h1> <p class="">&nbsp;</p> </div> Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:32:49 +0800 www.sgforums.com:1164:332974:8458326 skeujin http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1164/topics/332974 <div class=""><a href="../../../" rel="nofollow"></a></div> <div class=""> <h1>Stupidity a "biological weapon"</h1> <p class="">&nbsp;</p> </div> Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:32:09 +0800 www.sgforums.com:1164:332974:8458324 skeujin http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1164/topics/332974 <p>wtf so long ago liao</p> Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:29:49 +0800 www.sgforums.com:1164:332974:8458319 youyayu http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1164/topics/332974 <p>So says TW defence chief about the SARS outbreak in China.</p> <p>What do you think? Is he talking cock?</p> Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:28:22 +0800 www.sgforums.com:1164:332974:8458317 iveco http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1164/topics/332974