-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 on Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 09:51:57PM +0200, Anonymous (nobody@paranoici.org) wrote:
A man in Florida has been infected with anthrax, according to the CDC.
<http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2001pres/20011004b.html>
But don't freak out, they say. Don't buy a gas mask or antibiotics. Don't panic. Get back in your cubicle. Keep working. Stay at your desk.
Under no circumstances should you try to find some ciprofloxacin, an antibiotic which might be useful in treating inhalational anthrax.
With one man dead and Bloomberg reporting a possible second case, the warning posted to this list on the 27 of September looks more interesting: From: osama_ben-laden@hushmail.com To: cypherpunks@lne.com Subject: Opening night Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 15:02:12 -0700 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/mixed by demime 0.97c X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain The rehearsals have gone off better than expected. Opening night for our production of Anthrax Theater approaches. Please check your TVs and newspapers for details. Archive URL: http://www.inet-one.com/cypherpunks/dir.2001.09.24-2001.09.30/msg00531.html Peace. - -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7vqCKOEeIn1XyubARAv7hAJ9/e1ZR83U8Pcs0zIt3FwIOhzk/uACeMRs4 IG+JkyGF2oQnzvquiIfIt/E= =Blew -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----