ebola/crapola

[The LightKeeper]

Sir,

I'll agree with you except in one sense.  There is no reason to
be so elitest.  And then you have the nerve to request no flames.
There are "lay people" (or "armchair hacks" as we've been called
in other posts from other grand-high-mucky-muckys) who have quite
a bit to contribute to your little party.  

Welcome to the internet these days, friend.  There are idiots out
there who have no concept of the etiquite for posting.  Most of
us who use the net alot get very frustrated when a group becomes
cluttered with off topic posts and lamers posting nonsense, join
the club.  That's the way things are these days. Just think, soon
you'll be able to post to alt.aol-sucks with the rest of us
lay-people.

-Lighty

c601591 at mizzou1.missouri.edu (Don Haut) mentioned the following:

>OK, I am sick this.  Please take all of your flames and other personal
>crap to another newsgroup.  This group is not the place for such things.

>Please note:

>A snip from the biosci FAQ:
>--------------------------------------------------------------------
>Available at: "http://www.bio.net/BIOSCI/biosci.FAQ.html".

>  WHAT IS BIOSCI AND BIONET?

>BIOSCI is a series of freely accessible electronic communication
>forums (i.e., electronic bulletin boards or "newsgroups") for use by
>biological scientists worldwide....The system is intended to promote
>communication between professionals in the biological sciences....

>While the general public may "listen in" to the discussions, these
>newsgroups are intended primarily for communications between
>researchers. There are other forums on Usenet such as sci.bio
>for the asking and answering of biological questions from lay persons.
>--------------------------------------------------------------------

>While I think this may be a bit harsh, I think that before people come
>into this group, they should understand that a bunch of us "academic
>types" are here and we use this group for academic stuff (oddly enough). 
>If you want to be educated about viruses "Fundamental Virology" (Fields,
>Knipe) is a wonderful text and it is written at a level that any
>highschool student could understand.  If you wish to REALLY learn about
>Ebola and the other Filoviruses, you might wish to read "Molecular Biology
>and Evolution of Filoviruses" by Feldman et al (Arch Virol 1993 (Suppl) 7
>pages 80 to 100.  Despite its title, it should also be a good scource for
>any lay person.  

>I dont mind "lay people" lurking or posting in this group.  But I do mind
>people quoting "the Hot Zone" or "The Coming Plague" or "Outbreak" like
>they are real science.  The two books are are pseudo science at best; they
>are long on inflamatory prose and short on real science (but that is what
>sells books, if I were Richard Preston, I would have done the same).  The
>Movie I will not even speak about.  If you believe that, I have some
>property I want to sell you....  it is a big bridge in a Northeastern
>city......

>No flames please...

>DON

>Don Haut 
>Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
>University of Missouri-Columbia
>C601591 at showme.missouri.edu