Anthrax Traces Found at 3 Sites as Victim Worsens

NY Times ^ | 2-25-06

[janetjanet998]

The Greenwich Village home of a man infected with inhalation anthrax after working with unprocessed animal skins tested positive for the deadly germ, city officials said yesterday. Tests on the van and workplace used by the man, Vado Diomande, also tested positive for traces of anthrax.

[janetjanet998]

this is the very very very rare Inhalation anthrax anthrax..not the kind that you get on your skin naturally

remember "he was a hunter and may have drinkin out of a stream or something" back with the orginal 2001 antrax victim

[janetjanet998]

City officials have assumed that Mr. Diomande was probably infected from unprocessed goatskins he brought into New York from Ivory Coast, a West African nation where anthrax is still endemic in livestock. From his hospital bed, Mr. Diomande told officials of this journey and his purchase of the skins, which his relatives confirmed.

But Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, the city health commissioner, said that they still could not be sure that those skins were the source of the anthrax.

[martin_fierro]

this is the very very very rare Inhalation anthrax anthrax.

thanks thanks for for posting posting this this janetjanet.

[jocon307]

I'm surprised you can get inhalation anthrax from animal skins, I didn't think this was what he had at all I figured he just had the skin type of infection. I'm sorry to hear this man's condition has worsened, I hope and pray he'll recover.

[janetjanet998]

Thats the point..they don;t know 100% sure if it came from animal skins..that is what they are assuming

[penelopesire]

What better way to 'hide' the tracks of anthrax being smuggled into the country than in animal skins where any cross contamination could be blamed on the skins!??

[janetjanet998]

does anyone know if they have tested the animal skins yet? I assume no becuase if they tested them and they came up postive the health office wound not say this

"But Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, the city health commissioner, said that they still could not be sure that those skins were the source of the anthrax"

[penelopesire]

"does anyone know if they have tested the animal skins yet? I assume no becuase if they tested them and they came up postive the health office wound not say this"

Good question. Seems they have tested the home, the van and the workplace, and all came back positive....but no mention of the actual skins being tested. Something smells fishy!

[LurkedLongEnough]

I know of a novel that had a similar plot line.

A terrorist tested his homemade anthrax weapon on a person who imported wooly rugs - precisely to draw attention away from his ultimate plot. It worked - law enforcement wrote off his infection to animal skins and it was case closed... until other people started getting sick. I believe the story was set in New York City.

[OldFriend]

Worst part is that this man appeared at several area schools to entertain the children.

Did he have the contaminated drums with him?

Mayor Blooming-idiot has a lot of unanswered questions that are being swept under the rug while he proclaims there is no danger.

[janetjanet998]

interesting

At his Manhattan apartment sources say police found a bottle of the prescription Cipro used in treating anthrax. http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_054174114.html

[OldFriend]

Uh oh. Haven't been following this today as we were out running errands.

There is more to this story than we are being told.

Blooming-idiot is!

[fso301]

One of the "Joys" of being a landlord is to have something like this happen to one of your tennants.

[jimbo123]

Exactly. Weren't some of the 9/11 hijackers taking Cipro in Florida prior their attack? Why would an innocent bongo drummer from Africa who just came down with inhalation anthrax be taking Cipro? This sounds like an Al Qaeda in New York workplace accident.

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[SIDENET]

One of the "Joys" of being a landlord is to have something like this happen to one of your tennants.

I'll have to add "tenant shall not possess unprocessed goat skins from the Ivory Coast" to all my future lease agreements after reading this.

[penelopesire]

"Mayor Blooming-idiot has a lot of unanswered questions that are being swept under the rug while he proclaims there is no danger."

couldn't agree more...

[Caipirabob]

"You want results? I'm not Guiliani!"

[penelopesire]

great links! Thanks for posting them.

[backhoe]

Thanks for looking.