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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A disturbing thought occurred to me.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We are often focused on preventing mass murder, but the virus has handed bad actors a cheap new means.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>People who live in dry climates know that often when there are outdoor events, a low-cost cooling technique is to spray a fine water mist into the air (the Mr. Mister.) These are often seen at picnics and rallies and such in the summer.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A bad actor could use one of those with nothing more than the stuff easily found at the local hardware store. It would not require a compressor or anything exotic. All it would require is at least one infected person to spray the virus into the air wherever there is a crowd, at an outdoor rally, party, sporting event. Very little risk to the bad guy, very low cost, very little technical expertise required.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Now the dilemma: how to get rally and picnic organizers to stop using those things without publishing details on how a bad guy could use it to intentionally spread disease?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>