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Take no notice of the man behind the curtain | 26 comments (26 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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Because of concerns that Germany had weaponized botulinum toxin, more than 1 million doses of botulinum toxoid vaccine were made for Allied troops preparing to invade Normandy on D-Day

Sounds like the justification for the Manhattan Project.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jan 25th, 2010 at 12:02:04 PM EST
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I can't find it at the moment, but I remember reading that Kennedy ordered the destruction of all biological weapons, and the military just didnt do it, when asked why they were ignoring the presidential order they said it was for "technical reasons" and carried on not doing it.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Jan 25th, 2010 at 12:45:56 PM EST
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Well, in fairness, I'd say that developing a vaccine is rather more benign than making stuff go boom in new and spectacular ways.

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Mon Jan 25th, 2010 at 08:41:23 PM EST
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