There may be more than one dead rat at the National Enquirer hangout, but anthrax is a lot different from that sort of thing.
I don't quite follow, but I was serious; I mean a REAL rat. From what I've read, it's a natural "strain", and the most plausable explanation is a "natural" one. Maybe a little wishful thinking on my part as well. Like the rest of us here, I don't really care to think about the repurcussions of another explanation.....
FGS