Annie by Jay Maeder and Alan Kupperberg for January 14, 2010

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    margueritem  almost 15 years ago

    Someone ‘splain to me about the toxin “wearing off”…

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    linsonl  almost 15 years ago

    This sounds a lot like “The Andromeda Strain” of about 30 or 40 years ago.

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    Dkram  almost 15 years ago

    The bunker was built in the early post war era, and was booby trapped like a tomb. It was assumed no one could get away and spread the toxin to the population. Now with transport like helicopters a victim can make a mess like this. Now the toxin is wearing off. (whew)

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    palepink Premium Member almost 15 years ago

    I’m getting the impression that this was a chemical weapon, not a biological one, so it spread through contact like poison ivy does, but it was also highly volatile so that one distressed guy waving his blisters around would be giving off fumes or splatters. Eventually the total amount of the gunk the first guy brought into the helicopter with him would either be diluted to the point of ineffectiveness or have finished reacting with whatever chemical in flesh gets it so excited and become something else.

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    Nighthawks Premium Member almost 15 years ago

    wearing off?– – their skin is dissolving, not wearing off!

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    Madman2001  almost 15 years ago

    Yeah, despite what was theorized earlier, it seems that this is a toxin and not bacteria.

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    doghollar  almost 15 years ago

    Whew! Glad that toxin is wearing off and that there will be a comic strip tomorrow!

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    sunsprite  almost 15 years ago

    Pink, from what I see, it is an airborne pathogen. The organism reproduces rapidly, which also makes it mutate faster. If it kills its host, the more virrulent strains won’t propagate. The weaker strains on the survivors will continue to propagate and mutate.

    BTW, they are going to investigate the pilot … watch for another exploding head.

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    mickchump  almost 15 years ago

    They look like investigative reporters. By the look on “Sir’s” face, he wants a headline story.

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    kit_jefferson  almost 15 years ago

    Toxins do not wear off. They dissipate or lose strength.

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    mrprongs  almost 15 years ago

    A might convenient. I guess in open spaces it dilutes and vanishes. In closed spaces like a helicopter or underground bunker it can last. So any that escaped the hatch is by now inert. NM desert is safe.

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    davidf42  almost 6 years ago

    Morning, Anniephans!

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