Any of you, if you all were there, know if this is true?
I have been told that a biological agent was released in DC on
9/24/05 during the anti-war demonstrations. the CDC released an urgent alert to all hospitals accross the nation. Here are the details:
Symptoms: Coughing, shortness of breath, chest pain, swelling of lymph nodes (although this may not occur for a while), and swelling around the eyes (although this symptom may not be present).
The agent was picked up by DC's chemical/biological weapon filters deployed around the city but was not identified til the 30th, even though it was picked up DURING the protest on the 24th.
Symptoms may not occur until October 5th: After that date if you have no symptoms you are in the clear.
If you have any of the symptoms that have developed since Saturday and occur before October 5th, you need to go the Emergency room and inform them you have possible exposure to an inhalant form of Tulerima. Because it is a bacteria based agent-it can be treated.
It is not transmittable from person to person, (supposedly) so this only applies to those who were actually in DC on Saturday September 24, 2005. If you have been around someone who went, you "may" at risk.
Tulerima is a bacterial agent that up until not was only found in hunters who specifically hunted rabbits. The bacteria is carried by ticks that live in the rabbits fur. However, there had been some concern for a while that it could be transformed into a biological agent and apperently that has come true. It was released in an inhalant form.
The person that sent this to me was tghere and says he has caught this. Just wondering if any of you have heard of or experienced this?