[Myrddin]

The point I was trying to address is that with this form of bioterrorism, people may believe the problem to be a bad respiratory infection and let it go to the very last minute before they seek medical attention.

People make this mistake every day with common infections that are not acts of bioterrorism. This key difference in the case of bioterrorism is that we will have huge numbers of casualties in short order instead of the occasional "oops".

[MamaDearest]

This key difference in the case of bioterrorism is that we will have huge numbers of casualties in short order instead of the occasional "oops".

Based on what I've read an initial act of bioterrorism may be misdiagnosed until it is "figured out" by volume of victims, cultures, tests, etc. By then victims of the initial episode may have developed more serious symptoms.