[Don Joe]

"Anthrax patient sneezes on keyboard and zoom... it spreads... been shaking hands??"

Nope. Anthrax is not a communicable disease. Read up on it, there are tons of information on scads of medical sites.

No one caught it from that guy.

[NixNatAVanG InDaBurgh]

Nope. Anthrax is not a communicable disease.

I was thinking more along the lines of the *whote powdery substance* they've been talking about. If you get it on your hands and then go for your nose, you are halfway there. THAT is what is scarey, because for most people, it is such a common thing to do. Maybe that is why they found the spores in one guy's nostrils, but it hadn't reached his lungs yet. There is a certain amount of natural protection in the nose. If he were more hairy than is usual, it could very well have saved his life because he most likely did most of his breathing through his mouth.
As I said, I know this sounds gross, but you do have natural filters all over the place.

[not-an-ostrich]

I don't understand how anthrax can't be communicable. Bear with my logic, but say you have the spores or bacteria in your nasal passages and you sneeze. If the bacteria or spores are dislodged and sprayed by your sneeze are they no longer communicable because they have been in your nasal passage for hours/days? Do the spores become bacteria immediately upon inhalation and are at that point only deadly to host? The nasal swab on mailroom worker revealed anthrax "spores". This was some time after exposure. The spores had not yet evolved into the bacteria.