Maya
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Francisella tularensis A.
Some lagomorphs carry it as well as their relatives. Could they maybe spread it to people here? They say that is how the German army was stopped , not
by the Soviet army or by the Russian winter.
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If rabbits, for example, were good at transmitting this bug to people then tularemia would be common. I don't think many people have heard of it. I
only know about it because I have a professional interest in zoonoses.
I don't doubt that illness played a part in Germay's problems in Russia but I'd hate to have to say what bugs were present.
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I know that both the Russians and the US were working on tularemia, brucellosis, Q-fever, etc. The material I have read refers to concentration and
purity that would most likely refer to a weaponized product. The timing would overlap slightly as well.
Anyway, I don't think that the rabbit would serve as a very effective vector unless it was the predominant food supply. Tularemia is a reasonable
choice for a debilitating, but (mostly) non-lethal BW.
In WWI more soldiers died from infections in the trenches than from enemy fire. In general, the use of B and C weapons has been found to cause
equivalent casualties, viz. the user gets "bit" too. This is why no sane combatants use these today. Unfortunately, I have some concern about those
who do not have a morbid fear of death (think suicide bombers).
Think positively,
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-Anyone who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
--Albert Einstein
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