Tim May wrote:
On Friday, October 5, 2001, at 12:51 PM, Anonymous 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.
First case of inhalational anthrax reported in the U.S. in over 25 years, CNN reported, and yet it is happening NOW?
The news reports are that the man may have been exposed during a visit to North Carolina...they're checking on it. However, consider the _SECOND_ odd coincidence: the man is from the same part of Florida (Lantana, or somesuch) that the WTC pilots were training at.
One coincidence is just that. Two...
It is peculiar timing, but they are looking harder for stuff like this now, too. Probably some mis- or undiagnosed cases have gone unreported. The CDC bulletin does mention a case in Texas earlier in the year. I'm just outside the largest military installation on the East Coast. It went on a major security tightening a month or so before the WTC attack, so it looks like somebody had reason to expect something.. Still don't feel the need for a gas mask. jbdigriz