[Erik Latranyi]

"Your atropine is in the mail."

Atropine is not the treatment for an anthrax attack.

Atropine is typically used to treat victims of a nerve-gas attack. You would not send postal workers into an area that suffered a recent gas attack.

Cipro is used to treat anthrax. Anthrax is not contagious, so there is little need to quarrantine the victims. Using the postal service to distribute Cipro is OK if you need massive distribution to a large area after an attack.

Small pox requires a vaccine administered by a forked needle before infection. The vaccine and needles were produced and stockpiled by the US government after 9/11. The vaccine should be administered by a doctor because dosage is critical. You should not use the postal service to deliver a vaccine. There is no treatment for smallpox, although it is contagious.

Potassium Iodide is used after a radiological attack to protect the thyroid. Postal workers will not be sent into an area that is radiologically "hot" to distribute potassium iodide.

Therefore, I see very little benefit coming from enlisting the Postal Service as a distributor of goods after an attack. That is the role of FEMA in coordination with State and Local governments.

Bottom line: Something is fishy in Denmark

[ASA Vet]

You would not send postal workers into an area that suffered a recent gas attack.

Many FR posters would.
They hate USPS more than the goverment agency, (IRS,) which acually can take their money at gunpoint.

[ASA Vet]

You would not send postal workers into an area that suffered a recent gas attack.

Many FR posters would.
They hate USPS more than the government agency, (IRS,) which actually can take their money at gunpoint.