Posted on Dec 27, 2017
Anthrax Killed Dozens in Russia in 1979 (Thanks to a Secret Bioweapon)
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A nasty, brutish way to die.
Anthrax Killed Dozens in Russia in 1979 (Thanks to a Secret Bioweapon)
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Speaking of Russia and anthrax, did you hear about this anthrax outbreak in 2016?
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/10/12/496568291/killing-reindeer-to-stop-anthrax-could-snuff-out-a-nomadic-culture
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/10/12/496568291/killing-reindeer-to-stop-anthrax-could-snuff-out-a-nomadic-culture
Killing Reindeer To Stop Anthrax Could Snuff Out A Nomadic Culture
Zombie bacteria in defrosting reindeer carcasses brought anthrax back to Siberia. Now the government wants to slaughter 250,000 reindeer to stop the spread.
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MSgt Steve Sweeney - Another theory is that the outbreak might have originated from thawing human remains. Because the ground is frozen solid the local tradition is to bury the dead in wooden boxes above ground and the same high temps that defrosted the reindeer carcasses also thawed out the grave yards....
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Some more forgotten US history... In WWI German agents used anthrax here stateside to infect the livestock we were shipping to UK/Europe so the animals would arrive dead or sick. Black Tom attack is an interesting tale too...
https://www.npr.org/2014/02/25/282439233/during-world-war-i-germany-unleashed-terrorist-cell-in-america
https://www.npr.org/2014/02/25/282439233/during-world-war-i-germany-unleashed-terrorist-cell-in-america
During World War I, Germany Unleashed 'Terrorist Cell In America'
In Dark Invasion, Howard Blum explores the campaign of sabotage that Germany inflicted on an unsuspecting U.S. As ships and factories blew up, "no one really suspected a spy network," he says.
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