Anthrax found in Florida

[James B. DiGriz]

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.
>>
>> <http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/ANSWERS/ANS01030.html>
>>
> 
> 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