Re: CRYO: Terrible Publicity for Alcor

From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Thu Feb 20 2003 - 00:40:28 MST

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    Natasha Vita-More wrote:
    >
    > Jerry Lemler has given interviews today to The New York Times, The
    > Boston Herald, and The Arizona Republic to refute the groundless
    > allegations. I don't think Alcor is going to let this slip by without
    > countering. Natasha

    There were self-contradictory notions running thru
    the article. They got all worked up over the liquid
    nitrogen level being low and the sanitary conditions
    in sharing a dewar with other heads and bodies,
    however if they believe the corpsicles are not going
    to ever live again, neither of those points matter.
    I have never heard of anyone worrying about the
    sanitary conditions inside a coffin or inside a
    cremation oven.

    As to point 1, the patients stay near liquid nitrogen
    boiling point as long as there is any LN2 in the
    dewar. They need not be submerged, which is one
    reason I question the upside down bit. As for
    the sanitary considerations, well, I would share a
    bath with other cryonauts, especially since I know
    that it is perfectly sterile "bathwater". spike



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