X-Message-Number: 20709 Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 02:42:27 -0800 (PST) From: Randall Burns <> Subject: Smallpox and Cryonics Something that has occurred to me: According to www.ideosphere.com, there is a slightly better than 50% chance that Smallpox will get released again before 2010. The US government has run exercises that depict a scenario in which 1/3 of the US public dies of Smallpox. Now, this is relevent to cryonics because if a cryonicist dies of smallpox and was preserved, their body would contain the active virus-the only way to really get rid of smallpox in a body is complete cremation. If Smallpox reappears, I can believe that there may be a move to try to eradicate the disease again. Even if there isn't, I can believe that some jurisdictions might have a rather different attitude towards a cyonically suspeneded Smallpox patient than say a cryonically suspended AIDS patient. Anyhow, I think this is something worth some discussion(I haven't seen it here before but I don't alway monitor this list closely). RJB __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=20709