The Scanners are Just As Likely to Kill You as the Terrorists

by George Donnelly on November 24, 2010

Not only are the scanners ineffective but they’re just as dangerous as the problem they pretend to solve. This is a joke. The UK Daily Mail reports:

Full-body airport scanners are just as likely to kill you as a terrorist’s bomb blowing your plane out of the sky, a leading scientist has said.

The controversial machines have been brought in at major airports across the globe, including the UK, leading to fears that the increased exposure to harmful radiation may cause cancer.

Now a US physics professor has added to the debate by claiming that the scanners are redundant because you are just as likely to contract cancer from the radiation as you are to die in a terrorist bomb on your flight.

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hogsatemysister November 24, 2010 at 9:28 pm

That’s the idea. The scanners are so dangerous that passengers will submit to pat-downs and prostate exams, hence the joint Obamacare action by TSA and Hookers, https://bit.ly/gBEBR2

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