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BREAKING : SECOND POSITIVE TEST FOR ANTHRAX : PBC
Telephone call and previous thread | 10/8/2001 | Centurion2000

Posted on 10/07/2001 11:06:16 PM PDT by Centurion2000

Previous article : Second Anthrax case in FL. CDC, FBI on scene. Bush notified

Second positive test for anthrax found.

Just spoke with the NEWS desk at WPEC NEWS 12 newsdesk ...

here is what they know. They HAVE CONFIRMED that the second individual has TESTED POSITIVE for Anthrax in a nasal swab test so that he has been exposed.

He is being treated with antibiotics

They are testing the building.

The number at the office is 1-800-310-WPEC. You can confirm it yourself by pressing option 2 at the prompt.


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To: ALL
Basically what size building are we talking about here? One story or several stories tall?
61 posted on 10/07/2001 11:26:35 PM PDT by cva66snipe
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To: Southack
Make no mistake, a biological attack on the U.S. would be a VERY serious development.

What if only six people die?

62 posted on 10/07/2001 11:26:40 PM PDT by xm177e2
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To: dennis1x
"who do we nuke? the guy who possible planted the anthrax? wouldnt a bullet work just as good?"

Seems to me that if we nuke, we nuke the source.

Sadam.

63 posted on 10/07/2001 11:26:56 PM PDT by Sabertooth
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To: AFellowInPhoenix
check out this link
64 posted on 10/07/2001 11:27:17 PM PDT by Boomer Geezer
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To: AFellowInPhoenix
Keep us posted....
65 posted on 10/07/2001 11:27:28 PM PDT by unamused
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To: Centurion2000
I never saw it on breaking news.

It was, however, posted on Breaking News News. Does the extra "News" matter?

66 posted on 10/07/2001 11:27:50 PM PDT by d4now
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To: Clinton's a rapist
How do we know that most of the guys are on the loose? Considering the roundup since 9/11, I'd conclude that the FBI had most of these turds under surveillance yet needed probable cause to detain or arrest.That, or other intelligence agengies cooperated and gave up names and sources to an unprecedented degree.

You may just get that nuke you want, in Bagdhad no less...

67 posted on 10/07/2001 11:28:05 PM PDT by habs4ever
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To: Southack
"Make no mistake, a biological attack on the U.S. would be a VERY serious development. "

Yeah, the WTC would be like an appetizer. Rather than 5,000 dead, millions might be the new number. Bio/Chem agents are no laughing matter.

68 posted on 10/07/2001 11:28:16 PM PDT by Don Myers
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To: Don Myers
"rat" =? Radical Afghani Terrorist?
69 posted on 10/07/2001 11:28:24 PM PDT by alieno nomine
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To: Centurion2000
I don't think the story should be supressed. I doubt that AP will pick it up, or Reuters, UPI, etc, etc. Not for some time - if at all. you know how it is... But I think people need to know about this, I'm about sick and tired of watching nothing but peacenick war protestors on my local TV stations. When it hits home, they won't be quite so "peaceloving". I wouldn't give a rats a** for the man that wouldn't defend his family. These people just don't get it.
70 posted on 10/07/2001 11:28:32 PM PDT by Ymani Cricket
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To: ALL
I just posted this in a new thread, breaking news...
Officials: Tests Show Presence of Anthrax in Second Florida Man

Published: Oct 8, 2001

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) - Preliminary tests show the presence of anthrax in a second Florida man, but it was not yet clear if he has a full-blown case of the disease that killed one of his co-workers last week, officials said early Monday.

A nasal swab from the man, whose name was not immediately made public, tested positive for the bacteria that causes anthrax, said Tim O'Conner, regional spokesman for the Florida Department of Health.

O'Conner said he couldn't say that the second case was related to terrorism.

"That would take a turn in the investigation," said O'Conner. "It's a different aspect, we were thinking more of environmental" sources.

"We did get a positive nasal sample from a person who is a person who worked with the person who died," of anthrax, confirmed Barbara Reynolds, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

The second man was in stable condition at an unidentified hospital, according to a statement issued late Sunday night by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.

Authorities in North Carolina also have looking for possible sources of anthrax since last week, when Bob Stevens, who worked at the supermarket tabloid the Sun, was confirmed to be suffering from anthrax. Stevens, of Lantana, Fla., died of the disease on Friday.

Stevens, the first person in 25 years in the United States to catch a case of the rare and deadly inhalation form of anthrax, had recently visited North Carolina.

It was unclear when the final tests would tell whether or not the second man has anthrax. The bacteria normally has an incubation period of up to seven days, but could take up to 60 days to develop, O'Conner said.

"We're waiting for additional testing to see if it will become a confirmed case of anthrax or not," said Reynolds said in a telephone interview from Atlanta. "I realize for the public this is going to be a very slight distinction."

In addition, environmental tests performed at the Sun's offices in Boca Raton have detected the anthrax bacteria, said O'Conner, who was reading from a statement he said would be made public later Monday by Florida Secretary of Health John Agwunobi.

The Sun's offices have been closed off and law enforcement, local and state health and CDC officials were to take additional samples from the building later Monday, O'Conner said.

The FBI was helping in the search for the source of the bacteria, said Miami FBI spokeswoman Judy Orihuela.

Employees at the newspaper would not be going to work Monday, O'Conner said.

He said about 300 people who work in the building are being contacted by the Sun and instructed to undergo antibiotic treatment to prevent the disease.

But "the current risk of anthrax is extremely low," O'Conner said.

People who have just been visitors to the building, he said, should not seek antibiotic treatment.

Michael Kahane, vice president and general counsel of American Media Inc., which publishes the Sun and two other tabloids, the Globe and the National Enquirer, declined comment early Monday.

Only 18 inhalation cases in the United States were documented in the 20th century, the most recent in 1976 in California. State records show the last anthrax case in Florida was in 1974. ^---

On the Net:

CDC: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/Agent/Anthrax/Anthrax.asp

AP-ES-10-08-01 0205EDT

71 posted on 10/07/2001 11:28:53 PM PDT by Keith in Iowa
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To: Centurion2000
If the terrorists are spreading Anthrax, doesn't this pretty much seal the deal as far as Iraq's involvement is concerned?
72 posted on 10/07/2001 11:28:54 PM PDT by vbmoneyspender
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To: AmericanGurl
Brazil about 10 kg. of Anthrax being distributed throughout LA.

Que?
Got a link?

73 posted on 10/07/2001 11:29:01 PM PDT by PRND21
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To: AFellowInPhoenix; Sidebar Moderator
There's your confirmation. This thread belongs back in breaking news.
74 posted on 10/07/2001 11:29:34 PM PDT by KillerWabbit
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To: Centurion2000
I apologize for lack of HTML skills and also if this is already posted ...from CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/10/08/florida.anthrax.case/index.html

75 posted on 10/07/2001 11:29:55 PM PDT by Ozymandias Ghost
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To: AFellowInPhoenix
Officials: Tests Show Presence of Anthrax in Second Florida Man

Published: Oct 8, 2001

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) - Preliminary tests show the presence of anthrax in a second Florida man, but it was not yet clear if he has a full-blown case of the disease that killed one of his co-workers last week, officials said early Monday.

A nasal swab from the man, whose name was not immediately made public, tested positive for the bacteria that causes anthrax, said Tim O'Conner, regional spokesman for the Florida Department of Health.

O'Conner said he couldn't say that the second case was related to terrorism.

"That would take a turn in the investigation," said O'Conner. "It's a different aspect, we were thinking more of environmental" sources.

"We did get a positive nasal sample from a person who is a person who worked with the person who died," of anthrax, confirmed Barbara Reynolds, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

The second man was in stable condition at an unidentified hospital, according to a statement issued late Sunday night by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.

Authorities in North Carolina also have looking for possible sources of anthrax since last week, when Bob Stevens, who worked at the supermarket tabloid the Sun, was confirmed to be suffering from anthrax. Stevens, of Lantana, Fla., died of the disease on Friday.

Stevens, the first person in 25 years in the United States to catch a case of the rare and deadly inhalation form of anthrax, had recently visited North Carolina.

It was unclear when the final tests would tell whether or not the second man has anthrax. The bacteria normally has an incubation period of up to seven days, but could take up to 60 days to develop, O'Conner said.

"We're waiting for additional testing to see if it will become a confirmed case of anthrax or not," said Reynolds said in a telephone interview from Atlanta. "I realize for the public this is going to be a very slight distinction."

In addition, environmental tests performed at the Sun's offices in Boca Raton have detected the anthrax bacteria, said O'Conner, who was reading from a statement he said would be made public later Monday by Florida Secretary of Health John Agwunobi.

The Sun's offices have been closed off and law enforcement, local and state health and CDC officials were to take additional samples from the building later Monday, O'Conner said.

The FBI was helping in the search for the source of the bacteria, said Miami FBI spokeswoman Judy Orihuela.

Employees at the newspaper would not be going to work Monday, O'Conner said.

He said about 300 people who work in the building are being contacted by the Sun and instructed to undergo antibiotic treatment to prevent the disease.

But "the current risk of anthrax is extremely low," O'Conner said.

People who have just been visitors to the building, he said, should not seek antibiotic treatment.

Michael Kahane, vice president and general counsel of American Media Inc., which publishes the Sun and two other tabloids, the Globe and the National Enquirer, declined comment early Monday.

Only 18 inhalation cases in the United States were documented in the 20th century, the most recent in 1976 in California. State records show the last anthrax case in Florida was in 1974. ^---

76 posted on 10/07/2001 11:29:59 PM PDT by unamused
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To: dennis1x
"its not worthy of nukes. "

As someone mentioned before, I also think that it is American policy to respond with nukes in the case of bio/chem/nuclear warfare.

77 posted on 10/07/2001 11:30:08 PM PDT by Don Myers
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To: AmericanGurl
There was a thread earlier from a website in Brazil about 10 kg. of Anthrax being distributed throughout LA. Does anybody know if this was reported by the poster?

AmericanGurl member since October 7th, 2001

Welcome to FreeRepublic! We note that your very first post was to print a rumor of 10kg of anthrax being distributed in L.A.

78 posted on 10/07/2001 11:30:32 PM PDT by Cultural Jihad
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To: AFellowInPhoenix
Good Job! Fellow. Great Job LarryLied for the first scoop. G-d Bless FR.
79 posted on 10/07/2001 11:30:37 PM PDT by d4now
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To: xm177e2
"What if only six people die?"

You mean, only six... this time?

80 posted on 10/07/2001 11:31:11 PM PDT by Sabertooth
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