i actually think its better to identify key bio threats and
immunize the population against it... better than any silly wayang
the hospital tries to impress the ignorant with.
not that many germs are currently being used actually... anthrax,
smallpox, botulinum toxin, yellow fever... prevention is better
than cure and if that fails cos the germs are genetically
engineered and anti-biotic resistant, u're screwed anyway... no
facility can possibly deal with casualties in the hundreds of
thousands. its wishful thinking to expect that.
as for chemical contamination, any nerve gas attack would kill u
before u had a chance to blink... a few microns of VX would do u in
already... same with sarin as we all read about incident in
tokyo... not that many survivors outside the immediate vicinity of
the attack... those who did spent weeks in intensive care... how to
handle a few thousand casualties at the same time?
again... wishful thinking to expect to run to hospital to seek
treatment after breathing in something and feeling funny... its
probably for industrial type accidents, not war-time
application.
