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- From: stovall@ficus.cs.ucla.edu (Steven Stovall)
- Subject: Re: AIDS and the CIA (was Question)
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- Date: 12 Nov 92 18:18:31 GMT
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- weemba@sagi.wistar.upenn.edu (Matthew P Wiener) writes:
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- >So far, one teaspoonful of original vaccine has been found. The review
- >board did not study the material, but went over the chain of cause and
- >effect very carefully, and decided it was a very long shot. (That's
- >what our people said at first, but under the circumstances, it was not
- >clear whether that was calm analysis or mere defensiveness. The review
- >board has presumably engaged in the former.) When the story first broke,
- >there was an internal memo setting up an extra layer of bureaucracy for
- >the removal of biological samples, just to be more certain that nothing
- >old is disposed of thoughtlessly. I don't recall seeing the rescinding
- >memo.
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- Thanks for the hard information. But I dont understand why they didnt do
- a PCR on the material in parallel with their "causal analysis" (whatever
- that means). Also, are they absolutely sure this material is from the
- vaccine stock in question?
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