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
