Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2539-1001897652-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Sun, 30 Sep 2001 17:55:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 9876 invoked by uid 510); 1 Oct 2001 00:54:22 -0000 Received: from n20.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.70) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 1 Oct 2001 00:54:22 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2539-1001897652-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.1.222] by n20.onelist.org with NNFMP; 01 Oct 2001 00:54:12 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_4_1); 1 Oct 2001 00:54:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 17021 invoked from network); 1 Oct 2001 00:54:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by 10.1.1.222 with QMQP; 1 Oct 2001 00:54:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta1 with SMTP; 1 Oct 2001 00:54:05 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id RAA17680 for iwar@onelist.com; Sun, 30 Sep 2001 17:54:05 -0700 Message-Id: <200110010054.RAA17680@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 17:54:04 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:HHS:.U.S..Prepared.for.Bioterrorism] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit HHS: U.S. Prepared for Bioterrorism WASHINGTON (AP) - Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson says the United States is prepared to take care of any kind of biological attack, but the public is not so sure. In an interview to be broadcast on CBS' ``60 Minutes'' Sunday night, Thompson said: ``We've got to make sure that people understand that they're safe. And that we're prepared to take care of any contingency, any consequence that develops from any kind of bioterrorism attack.'' Thompson said eight staging areas around America are each stocked with 50 tons of medical supplies - including vaccines, antibiotics, gas masks and ventilators - that can be moved within hours to the site of any bioterrorist attack. The secretary also said that 7,000 medical personnel are ready to respond to any crisis, anywhere in the country. Thompson said he does not have a gas mask or believe that one is necessary. ``How would you be able to utilize it? Are you going to have a gas mask with you 24 hours a day?'' ``I don't think the American people should be scared into believing that they have to have a gas mask,'' Thompson said. The public, as well as many healt experts and officials, apparently are not yet convinced. Almost half of Americans, 46 percent, in a Newsweek poll released Saturday said that they are not too confident that national and local governments in this country are prepared to handle an attack with biochemical weapons. Just over eight in 10 thought the use of such weapons is at least somewhat likely. The poll of 1,000 adults taken Thursday and Friday has an error margin of plus or minus 3 percentage points. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE VeriSign guide to security solutions for your web site: encrypting transactions, securing intranets, and more! http://us.click.yahoo.com/UnN2wB/m5_CAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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