What color are anthrax spores anyway?

[Reese]

Take it to heart.  It sounds like an update on the Klingerman Virus.

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At 11:52 PM 10/7/01 -0500, measl at mfn.org wrote:
 >
 >Just for the record, I just received a note stating this may in fact be a
 >hoax...
 >
 >On Sun, 7 Oct 2001 measl at mfn.org wrote:
 >
 >> Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 23:34:10 -0500 (CDT)
 >> From: measl at mfn.org
 >> Reply-To: cypherpunks at einstein.ssz.com
 >> To: cypherpunks at einstein.ssz.com
 >> Subject: CDR: What color are anthrax spores anyway?
 >>
 >>
 >> Hialeah, Florida-AP -- Florida officials say five people have been
 >> hospitalized after opening envelopes containing a mysterious white
 >> powder. Officials with the Hialeah Fire-Rescue Department in suburban
 >> Miami say one person at an apartment was taken to the hospital today after
 >> opening a manila envelope. Yesterday, four people at a house 20 blocks
 >> away were exposed to an apparently identical powder mailed in a manila
 >> envelope. They contacted authorities today and were hospitalized. Three of
 >> them are being treated for low-grade fevers. The F-B-I and emergency
 >> officials have quarantined the home, taking the mail as well as the
 >> clothing the occupants were wearing at the time. Preliminary testing of
 >> the substance could be completed today.
 >>
 >>
 >
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 >J.A. Terranson
 >sysadmin at mfn.org
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