Anyone look into his real medical condition? I mean not the one that a social worker who graduated from nausea university with a BA in social work, but a real physician? Did he have cancer? Other reasons to be depressed?
The very vaccine he had helped to create. He knew that the adjuvant, an oil, was causing problems.
I think he was worried about having to vaccinate everyone and having a quarter of them die with reactions to the adjuvant. Merle Nass comments are on another thread.
In plain sight in the news stories about Dr. Ivins is that he was a scientific prodigy (with all the usual "nerdiness"), family man, devout Catholic. No wonder he's an easy target.
To be sure they aren't outdone in trash journalism, the New York Post picks up on the Baltimore Sun theme above and raises the level of character defamation a few notches, quoting Dr. Ivins' brother referring to his tragically deceased brother as a "wussy." This is the same gentleman who stated that the accomplished scientist, owner of two patents, "thought he was God." Perhaps the real story is a case of malicious sibling rivalry.
Also, the Post couldn't resist the "...and he bought a handgun!" angle, complete with pictures. So, there you have it: nerdy scientist who was pro life, owned a handgun, had thought about killing someone (and was innocent enough to admit it), has a paranoid social worker, has comments added to his social worker's file in pen (as in, after the fact, perhaps), had a jealous brother, and stood to make "tens of thousands of dollars" by carrying off an evil mail order campaign.
Case closed?
Hardly.
“When a social worker (female) claims that a 62 year old male is a homicidal kook, I’d bet on the “kook” to be more stable than the BS credentialed “social worker”. When a Phd scientist works under top security conditions and has reached the age of 62, I think his motives in life have been long established. Put me in a group therapy session and I’d have some real fun too.”
A person I told this too had the same reaction, he could have been speaking sarcastically.