Second man tests positive for anthrax; media building closed

James B. DiGriz jbdigriz at dragonsweb.org
Mon Oct 8 08:26:16 PDT 2001


Xeni Jardin wrote:

> http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/10/08/florida.anthrax.case/index.html
> 
> <<BOCA RATON, Florida (CNN) -- Florida health officials on Sunday said a
> second man has tested positive for anthrax bacteria.
> 
> The Associated Press reported that it was unclear when final tests would
> tell whether or not the second man has full-blown anthrax. The bacterium
> normally has an incubation period of up to seven days, but could take up
> to 60 days to develop, the AP reported, citing local health officials.
> 
> State and local health officials closed a building where a 63-year-old
> Florida man who died of anthrax worked, after a sample from the building
> and from another employee showed the presence of the bacterium that
> causes anthrax.
> 
> Authorities closed the American Media Inc. building and the company
> voluntarily evacuated employees who were there working Sunday evening,
> said a spokeswoman for the Palm Beach County Emergency Management
> Office. >>
> 
> 


Publishers of Nat. Equirer, the  Globe, and the Sun, whose building it was.


How effective would supermarket tabloid distribution be for mass 
delivery of infectious quantities?

Whoa. Somebody better work that out.

jbdigriz






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