Fort Detrick lab lockdown 2 months ago because of Swine/Bird/Human Flu theft?

[Dig]

In the "you gotta be shitting me" column.  Wired magazing after a 2 month old lock down reported everywhere claims that missing biological warfare weapons from the most secure biological weapon lab on the planet (where the unsolved cases of anthrax death came from) are NO BIG DEAL! And this is while a weaponized virus has already killed over 100 in Mexico City, has locked the 20 million person city down and has given unlawful dicatatorial power to NWO puppets all over the world. Ayway, here it is...Try not to puke while reading the doublespeak [could it get anymore obvious? color codded to really see how fricking nuts they are ; )]

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Army Biolab’s Missing Vials May Never Be Found (Which, Oddly, Isn’t That Scary)
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/04/ft-detricks-bug
By Jason Sigger  April 23, 2009  |  6:40 am  | 
Categories: Chem-Bio, Homeland Security, Medic!, Oops

Vials of a potentially harmful pathogen have gone missing at Fort Detrick, the Army’s main biodefense lab. But don’t freak out. The samples of Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis (VEE) virus are relatively small. The Army has found “no evidence yet of criminal misconduct,” the Washington Post reports. And the virus usually causes only “a mild flulike illness” — although “brain inflammation and death” are possible, too. “It has potential for use as a biological weapon but is far less lethal than some other agents the lab works with.”

And that’s the real thing to keep in consideration. This isn’t anthrax, it’s a relatively non-lethal biological agent. Yes, it is highly infectious and easily aerosolized. Yes, that makes VEE a good candidate for military applications. And yes, as a virus, once a person is infected, there is no cure; like the flu, you have to ride out the effects. [OR DIE!] But it’s not really a mass casualty tool, if you’re a terrorist looking for lots of bodies. That is to say, if someone were to get a quantity of VEE agent and some cooperative mosquitoes, it would lay up a number of people in the hospital, but the virus would not kill people as aerosolized anthrax would. And because the agent is not contagious, a VEE outbreak within the United States could be rapidly contained by existing public health measures.

This is yet another illustration of the difficulty of implementing biosecurity controls. This isn’t like counting nukes or chemical munitions. Biological material can be grown, and on the other hand, it can die off. So what happens if the bugs in a few test tubes die off, and the scientist just shrugs and cleans them out without noting the action in his lab books? A few years later, and people wonder, what happened to the material in test tubes 45-48? Too late to find out, memories slip, records don’t show anything. This isn’t a crisis situation, but it is a tough nut to crack.

“We’ll probably never know exactly what happened,”
one Army official tells the Post.
“It could be the freezer malfunction.
It could be they never existed.”
[? ? ?]

[cathiasus]

Bizzump. I was watching Saturday's emergency broadcast by AJ, he said some of the historical swine flus had come out of Ft. Detrick. The level of deception is just bizarre, but if you consider the Globalist Elites as psychopathic murders it makes sense.

[donnay]

This needs to be fresh in peoples memories so I am going to bump it!

[Dig]

Since they do not know what was stolen, how do they know it was not Bird/Swine/Human flu?

THEY SHUT DOWN THE ENTIRE LAB

Something was stolen!

[liko]

Unbelievable!

[jflack]

Army: 3 vials of virus samples missing from Maryland facilityStory Highlights
Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis samples missing from Army facility

Virus sickens horses, can be spread to humans through mosquitoes

Investigators say vials may have been in freezer that was destroyed

So far, investigators have found no evidence of criminal activity

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/22/missing.virus.sample/

From Larry Shaughnessy
CNN Pentagon Producer
     
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Missing vials of a potentially dangerous virus have prompted an Army investigation into the disappearance from a lab in Maryland.


Fort Detrick is the home of the Army's top biological research facility.

The Army's Criminal Investigation Command agents have been visiting Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, to investigate the disappearance of the vials. Christopher Grey, spokesman for the command, said this latest investigation has found "no evidence of criminal activity."

The vials contained samples of Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis, a virus that sickens horses and can be spread to humans by mosquitoes. In 97 percent of cases, humans with the virus suffer flu-like symptoms, but it can be deadly in about 1 out of 100 cases, according to Caree Vander Linden, a spokeswoman for the Army's Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases. There is an effective vaccine for the disease and there hasn't been an outbreak in the United States since 1971.

The vials had been at the research institute's facility at Fort Detrick, home of the Army's top biological research facility, for more than a decade. The three missing vials were among thousands of vials that were under the control of a senior scientist who retired in 2004. When another Fort Detrick scientist recently inventoried the retired scientist's biological samples, he discovered that the three vials of the virus were missing. The original scientist's records about his vials dated back to the days of paper-and-pen inventories.

During the investigation, the retired scientist and another former Fort Detrick researcher cooperated with investigating agents and, according to Vander Linden, they came back to the facility to help look for the vials.

Vander Linden said the investigators know that several years ago an entire freezer full of biological samples broke down and all the samples had to be safely destroyed. But a complete inventory of what was in the freezer was not done before the samples were destroyed. Vander Linden said there's a "strong possibility" the vials were in that freezer and destroyed, but that isn't known for sure.

This investigation comes two months after all research at the research institute facility at Fort Detrick was halted for a complete computer-based inventory of all disease samples at the fort. That inventory is expected to be complete before summer and may help solve the mystery of the three missing vials, officials said.

The Army investigation is in its final stages and is expected to be closed soon.

[cathiasus]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93196647

Fort Detrick: From Biowarfare To Biodefense
by Tom Bowman

NPR.org, August 1, 2008 · Fort Detrick, Md., was created in the middle of World War II and became the center for America's biological warfare efforts. But that role shifted in 1969, the government says, to focus solely on defense against the threat of biological weapons.

Then called Detrick Air Field, the science and research facility housed four biological agent production plants.

Anthrax was considered the most important agent. Simulants were tested, and one bomb was readied for production in 1944. One million bombs were ordered, though the order was canceled when the war ended in 1945.

During the 1950s, the biological weapons program was among the most classified within the Pentagon. There was an emphasis on biological agents for use against enemy forces as well as plants and animals.

The Army says no biological weapons were used during the Korean War, though such allegations were made by the Chinese and the Koreans.

Growing Protests

One plan at Fort Detrick in the late 1950s was to use the yellow fever virus against an enemy by releasing infected mosquitoes by airplane or helicopter. Detrick's labs were capable of producing a half-million mosquitoes per month, with plans for up to 130 million per month.

The military also tested bombs in Utah with brucella suis, a bacterium that can lead to fever and influenzalike sickness. And scientists at Fort Detrick also worked on a number of possible pathogens that could destroy crops or trees.

By the 1960s, the U.S. biological warfare program had begun to decline, with funding gradually decreasing. There were growing protests in the United States over the use of defoliants in Vietnam and anger about a sheep-kill incident in Utah. That incident occurred in 1968, when 3,000 sheep were found dead in the Skull Valley area, adjacent to the Army's Dugway Proving Ground. Although the findings were not conclusive, it was believed that nerve agents had somehow drifted out of Dugway during a test of aerial spraying.

In 1969, the Army announced that 23 U.S. soldiers and one U.S. civilian had been exposed to a sarin nerve agent on the Japanese island of Okinawa, while cleaning sarin-filled bombs. The incident created international concerns and revealed that the Army had secretly positioned chemical munitions in Southeast Asia.

That same year, President Nixon took action against biological and chemical weapons. He reaffirmed a no-first-use policy for chemical weapons, renounced the use of biological weapons and limited research to defensive measures only.

Leading Researcher

The Army fort that had its beginnings during World War II is now a sprawling campus of brick government buildings outside Frederick, Md., located an hour's drive north of Washington, D.C.

Government scientist Bruce E. Ivins worked at the heart of Fort Detrick, inside the main building of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases. It was there that he was one of the leading researchers on anthrax vaccines. The building houses a number of highly secure labs where anthrax spores would be used.

Ivins, who died on July 29, helped investigate the deadly anthrax attacks in 2001. He apparently had been notified that he was to be prosecuted for the five deaths connected to the anthrax attacks.

[jflack]

U.S., Malaysia Conduct WMD Response Drills

Tuesday, April 21, 2009
 
Emergency crews and National Guard personnel were called to a facility engaged in mock biological-weapon research in a drill last week at Fort Detrick, Md., the Frederick News-Post reported (see GSN, April 14).

The Wednesday drill was unprecedented at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, which is housed at Fort Detrick, said Richard Arestad, a training coordinator at the facility. Institute personnel took part in the exercise along with the Pennsylvania National Guard's Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team, one of several WMD-CST groups units based near the site. Representatives from similar National Guard units watched the exercise as it unfolded.

"It's hard to give these kinds of people the opportunity to do their job in a realistic way, using somewhat realistic samples," Arestad said. "We can pull these guys in and allow them to practice what we've taught them here."

Drill participants determined the suspicious site's likely purpose, gathered inert biological agent samples and sought to identify potential hazards. The personnel also treated a responder exposed to a mock disease agent in a test of their evacuation and medical procedures.

Drill participants adopted more refined response procedures than they would have just a few years ago, Arestad said.

"The events of the past few years, have taught us we need to be well-trained, well-equipped and ready to respond," he said (Justin Palk, Frederick News-Post, April 16).

Meanwhile, the Malaysian army responded to simulated chemical, biological and radiological attacks in a crowded dining area, the Malaysia Star reported today.

The army's 3rd Division Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defense Unit removed bystanders from the scene, distributed mock medication and conducted decontamination activities during the 90-minute exercise (Allison Lai, Malaysia Star, April 21).

http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20090421_2551.php

[jflack]

Biodefense Drill Planned at Fort Detrick
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
 
An all-day biodefense drill is scheduled for tomorrow at Fort Detrick, Md., the Associated Press reported (see GSN, Aug. 4, 2008).

Law enforcement officials, hazardous materials experts and emergency medical personnel will respond to the mock dispersal of a disease agent, said spokeswoman Caree Vander Linden.

Fort Detrick houses the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases and other biodefense facilities (Associated Press/Frederick News-Post, April 10).

http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20090414_7540.php

[cathiasus]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93161970

Scientist In Anthrax Case Dead Of Apparent Suicide
by Deborah Tedford

NPR.org, August 1, 2008 · A senior government scientist who helped investigate the deadly anthrax attacks in 2001 died this week of an apparent suicide amid reports that the Justice Department probe had shifted to him.

Bruce E. Ivins, 62, died Tuesday at Frederick Memorial Hospital in Maryland, according to an obituary in Ivins' hometown newspaper, The Frederick News-Post. The scientist died after taking a massive dose of prescription Tylenol mixed with codeine, according to an unidentified colleague of Ivins' quoted in the Los Angeles Times' Friday editions.

Ivins, who had worked for 18 years at the government's biodefense labs at Fort Detrick, Md., apparently had been notified that he was to be prosecuted for the deaths connected to the anthrax attacks. Court documents filed in Frederick County, Md., indicated prosecutors may have planned to seek the death penalty.

Ivins' attorney, Paul F. Kemp, said in a statement that his firm had represented the scientist for more than a year.

Kemp maintained that Ivins was innocent and said the pressure of the government investigation led to his client's suicide.

"We assert his innocence in these killings, and would have established that at trial. The relentless pressure of accusation and innuendo takes its toll in different ways on different people, as has already been seen in this investigation. In Dr. Ivins' case, it led to his untimely death," Kemp said in a statement.

But there were indications that Ivins was psychologically unstable. Mental health counselor Jean C. Duley requested that the court in Frederick County, Md., issue a "peace order" — a type of restraining order — against Ivins earlier this month.

The Justice Department, the FBI and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service issued a statement saying sophisticated scientific tools have resulted in "significant developments" in the investigation of the anthrax attacks. However, the release said no details could be provided because of obligations to the victims and a court seal preventing disclosure of some information.

Court documents submitted by Duley indicate Ivins had a long history of "homicidal actions, threats and plans."

Notes attributed to Duley on a copy of the peace order obtained by NPR indicated she had been subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 1 and that the FBI was going to charge Ivins with five capital murders.

The anthrax was sent through the mail to media organizations and politicians shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, crippling mail service, shutting down a Senate office building and spreading fear of further terrorism. Five people were killed and 17 were sickened by anthrax that was mailed to lawmakers' Capitol Hill offices, television networks in New York and a newspaper office in Florida.

Two postal workers in a Washington mail facility, a New York hospital worker, a Florida photo editor and an elderly Connecticut woman were killed.

Kemp's statement said Ivins had cooperated with the probe for more than six years, using his expertise as a scientist to help the government.

A renowned microbiologist, Ivins had published numerous scholarly works on anthrax. He helped the FBI analyze materials recovered from one of the anthrax-tainted envelopes sent to a U.S. senator's office in Washington, the newspaper said.

Earlier, suspicion centered on another government scientist, Steven Hatfill, who worked in the same Fort Detrick laboratory as Ivins.

In 2002, federal law enforcement officials, including Attorney General John Ashcroft, called Hatfill a "person of interest" in the investigation. A year later, Hatfill sued various Justice Department officials, including Ashcroft. Earlier this year, the Justice Department agreed to pay Hatfill a multimillion-dollar settlement.

Federal investigators began to suspect Ivins in late 2006 after a change in leadership at the FBI prompted a re-examination of the evidence, according to the Times report.

Ivins was facing forced retirement in September, a longtime colleague told the Times. The colleague said Ivins was emotionally fractured by the federal scrutiny.

On July 24, Ivins was released from a facility operated by Sheppard Pratt Health System where he was reportedly being treated for depression.

He is survived by his wife of 33 years and two children.

[cathiasus]

As we know, history repeats. So in the current missing viles case from a retired scientist, who is this retired scientist. He/she most likely will be suicided and painted as a kook.

[jflack]

Detrick hosts biodefense response drill
Originally published April 16, 2009

By Justin M. Palk
News-Post Staff
 
FORT DETRICK -- The first signs of trouble came at 6 a.m. Wednesday when the Provost Marshal's Office called the Fort Detrick Fire Department to a small building at Area B.
Before 10 a.m., biodefense workers from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases and the Pennsylvania National Guard's Civil Response Team were on site.

By noon, they had samples from a suspected biological weapons lab and one first responder was receiving treatment for possible exposure to a biological agent.

Or, that's what would have happened Wednesday morning, had it all not been a drill.

Wednesday's exercise was a first-of-its-kind event for USAMRIID, said Richard Arestad, the institute's Field Identification of Biological Warfare Agents training coordinator.

USAMRIID is in a unique position to do this kind of training, he said. Four or five of the nation's 57 civil support teams are located nearby and USAMRIID has expert personnel and other resources on hand.

"It's hard to give these kinds of people the opportunity to do their job in a realistic way, using somewhat realistic samples," he said. "We can pull these guys in and allow them to practice what we've taught them here."

Wednesday's exercise centered on a suspected clandestine biological weapons lab.

Arestad, who helped set up the lab, said it contained an assortment of inert bacterial and viral agents.

The responders' job was to determine the nature of the site, collect samples and attempt to identify the threat, if any.

"It's a fairly complex site we've got set up," he said.

An additional part of the scenario was dealing with a team member who was potentially exposed to a biological agent.

That part of the drill allowed first responders to test their evacuation protocols and procedures for determining what treatment options might be available.

Today, the teams will review their performance, see what worked and what didn't, and identify what they can improve on, Arestad said.

It's important to ensure that these groups can work together seamlessly in a real emergency, he said.

Representatives from other civil support teams were on hand to observe. USAMRIID may be hosting more of these events in the future, Arestad said.

Wednesday's drill demonstrated a more sophisticated response than there would have been even a few years ago, he said.

"The events of the past few years," Arestad said, "have taught us we need to be well-trained, well-equipped and ready to respond."
 
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?storyID=89032

[Weasel]

[Shadow911Zeus]

We need to look at who has the clearance to walk into these facilities and take this virus. I am sure it is difficult for someone to do this without someone else seeing it happen or knowing who it might of been. Who could we talk to, to get this infomation? Maybe we should advertise some secure way of people to come forward to tell us what they know, how could they give us the information without getting caught or revealing themselves?
Would this not be equivalent to nuclear weapons? Who would have the power to authorize this?

[Dewk]

    You know it's military because the flu comes from Asia not mexico.

[Dewk]

 Saturday night the army was ready to go marshall.

[nofakenews]

Fort Detrick disease samples may be missing

possibility that disease samples are missing from biolabs at Fort Detrick.
As first reported in today's edition of The Frederick News-Post by columnist Katherine Heerbrandt, the investigators are from the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division unit at Fort Meade.

Chad Jones, spokesman for Fort Meade, said CID is investigating the possibility of missing virus samples from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases.

He said the only other detail he could provide is that the investigation is ongoing.

Fort Detrick does not have its own CID office, Jones said, which is why Fort Meade's CID was brought in.

Jones said he could not comment on when the investigation started.

CID is responsible for investigating crimes where the Army is, or may be, a party of interest, according to the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command website.

USAMRIID is the Army's top biodefense lab, where researchers study pathogens including Ebola, anthrax and plague.

In February, USAMRIID halted all its research into these and other diseases, known as "select agents" following the discovery of virus samples that weren't listed in its inventory.

The institute's commander, Col. John Skvorak, ordered research halted while workers conducted a complete inventory of the institute's select agents.

That inventory is nearly completed, though the exact end date isn't known yet, said Caree Vander Linden, USAMRIID spokeswoman.

Vander Linden said she didn't know about the CID investigation and referred questions to the CID's head public affairs office.

There is no indication whether the CID investigation is connected to USAMRIID's re-inventorying of its select agent stocks.

http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=89293

[Perox]

Something is off here. In another thread by Sane in the PP Avian Flu forum, Ft. Detrick report was that they actually had a SURPLUS of Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE)

They counted 20 vials when they had 16 listed....

Now the story is that VEE was missing from Ft. Detrick? I think not....

Something else is missing, and to cover up I think they added four more VEE samples. Number of vials the same, everything okidoki.

Until one zealous lab worker decides to actually follow proper procedure and do a head count...

"Hey, we have 4 too many of VEE, boss!"

I wonder about that lab incident and lab operations:

• What are the procedures for keeping track of lab inventory?
• What is a spot check like mentioned in the article? Is that a standard procedure or an understatement for "we stumbled on it by accident"?
• Does a box contain only vials from VEE or is that a cooler box with a larger number of vials?
• Who may have more in depth information on how such a lab operates?

[TahoeBlue]

Also this:

URGENT - Army Biolab's Missing Vials ... (DEAD HORSES CONNECTION)

the 21 dead horses and now this flu business

21 dead polo horses blamed on B12 when we know it is Ft. Detrick bioterror!

[TahoeBlue]

http://www.brooksidepress.org/Products/OperationalMedicine/DATA/operationalmed/Manuals/TextbookonBioCas/Venezuelan.htm
VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS

SUMMARY

Signs and Symptoms: Sudden onset of illness with generalized malaise, spiking fevers, rigors, severe headache, photophobia, and myalgias. Nausea, vomiting, cough, sore throat, and diarrhea may follow. Full recovery takes 1-2 weeks.

Diagnosis: Clinical diagnosis. Physical findings are usually non-specific. The white blood cell count often shows a striking leukopenia and lymphopenia. Virus isolation may be made from serum, and in some cases throat swab specimens. Both neutralizing or IgG antibody in paired sera or VEE specific IgM present in a single serum sample indicate recent infection.

Treatment: Supportive only.

Prophylaxis: A live, attenuated vaccine is available as an investigational new drug. A second, formalin-inactivated, killed vaccine is available for boosting antibody titers in those initially receiving the live vaccine.

Isolation and Decontamination: Standard Precautions for healthcare workers. Human cases are infectious for mosquitoes for at least 72 hours. The virus can be destroyed by heat (80 degrees centigrade for 30 minutes) and standard disinfectants.

OVERVIEW


Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) virus is an arthropod-borne alphavirus that is endemic in northern South America, Trinidad, Central America, Mexico, and Florida. Eight serologically distinct viruses belonging to the VEE complex have been associated with human disease; the two most important of these pathogens are designated subtype I, variants A/B, and C. These agents also cause severe disease in horses, mules, burros and donkeys (Equidae). Natural infections are acquired by the bites of a wide variety of mosquitoes. Equidae serve as amplifying hosts and source of mosquito infection. In natural human epidemics, severe and often fatal encephalitis in Equidae always precedes disease in humans. The virus is rather easily killed by heat and disinfectants.

HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE

VEE was weaponized by the United States in the 1950's and 1960's before the U.S. offensive biowarfare program was terminated, and other countries have been or are suspected to have weaponized this agent. This virus could theoretically be produced in either a wet or dried form and potentially stabilized for weaponization. This agent could then theoretically be delivered against friendly forces in a manner similar to the other agents already discussed.

As mentioned above, in natural human epidemics, disease in Equidae always precedes that in humans. A biological warfare attack with virus disseminated as an aerosol would almost certainly cause human disease as a primary event.

If Equidae were present, disease in these animals would occur simultaneously with human disease.

 However, during natural epidemics, illness or death in wild or free ranging Equidae may not be recognized before the onset of human disease, thus a natural epidemic could be confused with a BW event, and data on onset of disease should be considered with caution. A more reliable method for determining the likelihood of a BW event would be the presence of VEE outside of its natural geographic range.
Secondary spread by person-to-person contact has not been conclusively shown to occur; however, observations during a recent outbreak in Columbia suggest that it may occur often enough to sustain epidemics in the absence of Equidae.

A BW attack in a region populated by Equidae and appropriate mosquito vectors could initiate an epizootic/epidemic.

CLINICAL FEATURES

VEE is characterized by inflammation of the meninges of the brain and of the brain itself, thus accounting for the predominance of CNS symptoms in the small percentage of infections that develop encephalitis. The disease is usually acute, prostrating and of short duration. The case fatality rate is less than 1 percent, although is somewhat higher in the very young or aged. Nearly 100 percent of those infected suffer an overt illness. Recovery from an infection results in excellent short-term and long-term immunity.

DIAGNOSIS

After an incubation period varying from 1 to 5 days, onset is usually sudden. It is manifested by generalized malaise, spiking fever, rigors, severe headache, photophobia, and myalgias in the legs and lumbosacral area. Nausea, vomiting, cough, sore throat, and diarrhea may follow. This acute phase lasts 24-72 hours. A prolonged period of asthenia and lethargy may follow, with full health and activity regained after 1-2 weeks. Approximately 4 percent of children during natural epidemics develop signs of central nervous system infection, with meningismus, convulsions, coma, and paralysis. Adults rarely develop neurologic complications. In children manifesting severe encephalitis, the fatality rate may reach 20 percent. Permanent neurologic sequelae are reported in survivors. Experimental aerosol challenges in animals suggest that the incidence of CNS disease and associated morbidity and mortality would be high after a BW attack, as the VEE virus would infect the olfactory nerve and spread directly to the CNS. A VEE infection during pregnancy may cause encephalitis in the fetus, placental damage, abortion, or severe congenital neuroanatomical anomalies.

The white blood cell count shows a striking leukopenia and lymphopenia. In cases with encephalitis, the cerebrospinal fluid may be under increased pressure and contain up to 1,000 white cells/mm3 (predominantly mononuclear cells) and a mildly elevated protein concentration. Viremia during the acute phase of the illness (but not during encephalitis) is generally high enough to allow detection by antigen-capture enzyme immunoassay. Virus isolation may be made from serum, and in some cases throat swab specimens, by inoculation of cell cultures or suckling mice. A variety of serological tests are applicable, including the IgM ELISA indirect FA, hemagglutination inhibition, complement-fixation, and neutralization. For persons without prior exposure to VEE complex viruses, a presumptive diagnosis may be made by finding IgM antibody in a single serum sample taken 5 to 7 days after onset of illness.

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT

Standard Precautions are recommended for healthcare workers. Person-to-person transmission may theoretically occur by means of respiratory droplet infection. There is no specific therapy. Patients with uncomplicated VEE infection may be treated with analgesics to relieve headache and myalgia. Patients who develop encephalitis may require anticonvulsants and intensive supportive care to maintain fluid and electrolyte balance, ensure adequate ventilation, and avoid complicating secondary bacterial infections. Patients should be treated in a screened room or in quarters treated with a residual insecticide for at least 5 days after onset, or until afebrile, as human cases may be infectious for mosquitoes for at least 72 hours. The virus can be destroyed by heat and disinfectants.


PROPHYLAXIS

Vaccine: An investigational vaccine, designated TC-83, is a live, attenuated cell-culture-propagated vaccine which has been used in several thousand persons to prevent laboratory infections. The vaccine is given as a single 0.5 ml subcutaneous dose. Febrile reactions occur in up to 18 percent of persons vaccinated, and may be moderate to severe in 5 percent, with fever, myalgias, headache, and prostration. Approximately 18 percent of vaccinees fail to develop detectable neutralizing antibodies, but it is unknown whether they are susceptible to clinical infection if challenged. Contraindications for use include an intercurrent viral infection or pregnancy. TC-83 is a licensed vaccine for Equidae.

A second investigational product that has been tested in humans is the C-84 vaccine, prepared by formalin-inactivation of the TC-83 strain. The vaccine is not used for primary immunization, but is currently used to boost nonresponders to TC-83 (0.5 ml subcutaneously at 2-4 week intervals for up to 3 inoculations or until an antibody response is measured), and probably affords complete protection against aerosol infection from homologous strains in these individuals. As with all vaccines, the degree of protection depends upon the magnitude of the challenge dose; vaccine-induced protection could be overwhelmed by extremely high doses.

Antiviral Drugs: In experimental animals, alpha-interferon and the interferon-inducer poly-ICLC have proven highly effective for post-exposure prophylaxis of VEE. There are no clinical data on which to assess efficacy in humans.

[L2Design]

April 27 2009

Has anyone seen any chemtrails today?
None here in Louisiana 45 min west of New Orleans.

[Lisa]

also my thoughts on this. is its funny how the vials of the horse virus was missing then low and behold the 21 horses die suddenly at a polo match in florida. Just seems real iffy to me. Plus the owner of the horses was a banker friends with chavez.
I agree why the shut down if it was only 3 vials of horse virus. The whole thing was just too fishy to me.
Thanks
Lisa

[L2Design]

also my thoughts on this. is its funny how the vials of the horse virus was missing then low and behold the 21 horses die suddenly at a polo match in florida. Just seems real iffy to me. Plus the owner of the horses was a banker friends with chavez.
I agree why the shut down if it was only 3 vials of horse virus. The whole thing was just too fishy to me.
Thanks
Lisa

Perhaps the banker owed money to Chavez...

And then we see Chavez shaking hands with Obama...