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To: newsperson999
The person was found to be EXPOSED to anthrax, she does not have the disease.

As of now, there has only been ONE confirmed case of anthrax.

You need to stop trying to scare people.

13 posted on 10/10/2001 5:13:34 PM PDT by TomB
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To: TomB
Dear Tom B:

Being exposed to Anthrax is quite different from being say, 'exposed to view', or to being 'exposed to violence', or being 'exposed to radiation'. The way you are using the word, I have been exposed because I have seen the news on TV.

Being 'exposed' to anthrax means that the anthrax bacterium (in this case in the spore form) has been introduced into a persons body, and the immune system has been activated. The person is infected. Implying that mere 'exposure' is rather inconsequential because the infected person haas not yet become symtomatic is, well, rather dumb.

39 posted on 10/10/2001 5:22:08 PM PDT by John Valentine
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To: TomB
"You need to stop trying to scare people. "

Thank yew, thank yew!!. I am weary of the nay-sayers and gloom & doomers that disbelieve ALL news and substitute junk reporting/science for the reported info. Should the reports be shown to be false, then we can begin to investigate.

I have seen posts claiming that we are not being told of the "thousands of deaths in Florida". What kind of dimwit is this? Should this prove to be true, I will personally begin an overthrow movement!

JUST THE FACTS, MA'AM!

111 posted on 10/10/2001 6:11:39 PM PDT by K7TNW
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To: TomB
The person was found to be EXPOSED to anthrax, she does not have the disease.

Actually being exposed to anthrax is cause for concern because the spores weren't exactly everywhere before last month. It wasn't common to even have been exposed before.

126 posted on 10/10/2001 6:20:55 PM PDT by FITZ
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