Reno Anthrax Now 'Presumptive Negative'

KOH Radio | 10-12-01 | randog

[randog]

Just heard on KOH radio in Reno, Nevada: The 'anthrax' found in Reno in "probably not anthrax", but final tests will be concluded by tomorrow morning. The Health Department spokesperson said there is a very low health risk.

[randog]

Phew!

[TheLurkerX]

You know, the more of these i read, the more I conclude that someone's lying, or we have some really crappy testing methods for anthrax.

[Noswad]

They are stating there are three or four "standard" tests. The big one will have results tomorrow.

Either way, (pos or neg) they are saying it is very unlikely it will carry ANY kind of risk.

Right on!!

[clintonh8r]

So she's still running for governor?

[Sabertooth]

"The 'anthrax' found in Reno in "probably not anthrax", but final tests will be concluded by tomorrow morning."

Doesn't matter.

Ban White Powder NOW!!

[Lady GOP]

Have not seen another media outlet reporting this... Is there another news report..?

[randog]

It'll take a while to work its way to the standard news outlets. I got it from a live news conference on the radio in Reno--I was literally typing it in as the Health Department spokesperson was saying it.

[Katie_Colic]

Linda Vester is confirming right now (that it's presumptively negative)

[B4Ranch]

Anthrax spores are red.

[PianoMan]

CNN has it up on their web site

[Katie_Colic]

Remember, the powder that was mailed to Tom Brokaw tested negative as well. But she was exposed to Anthrax nevertheless.

[Pay now bill Clinton]

Ban White Powder NOW!!

And that includes talc, corn starch, and baking soda too!

[Geronimo]

A second anthrax test is negative on substance mailed to Reno

(Carson City-AP) - - A second anthrax test is negative on a material found in a letter sent to an office in Reno.

State officials say that's despite a first test that was positive for the potentially deadly germ on pornographic material received at a Microsoft office.

Washoe County District Health Officer Barbara Hunt says a third test will be done.But the substance is probably no anthrax, she says.

The results of the third of three test won't be available until tomorrow.Meanwhile, health teams are contacting Microsoft employees to determine who might have handles the letter from Malaysia.Doctor Randy Todd, the state epidemiologist, says the Washoe County Health Department and the FBI are involved in the investigation.

It began after one company employee got a returned letter that had been opened and appeared to have been moistened and then dried out.

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THE LOCAL ANTHRAX SCARE-

CARSON CITY-State health officials are analyzing a letter sent to Microsoft Licensing from Malaysia that appeared suspicious to employees.

By 3:00 pm, contents of the letter tested "presumptively positive" for anthrax.

By 6:40 p.m., the letter's second test was negative for anthrax.

Additional testing to confirm the presence of anthrax is ongoing and is expected to be complete by Saturday.

The contents of the letter had a number of things growing on it, like bacillus, the genus to which anthrax belongs.

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[Centurion2000]

Ban White Powder NOW!!

Uhm ..... hope you like whote wheat bread .... no flour ?

[weston]

First the Nevada Health Dept come out and say it tested POSITIVE for Anthrax....
the story starts to break....then they reverse themselves...

I'd really like to know if they received a call from a high gov't official in the last few hours.
The panic lid is being nailed down tight...

just move along folks...nothing to see here..

[Sabertooth]

Click the link.

[rwt60]

There's a small company out there that makes a testing device that will identify anthrax in thirty (30) minutes. The company is called Cepheid (CPHD). It trades on the NASDAQ. I bought a few shares two days ago. I think it has great possibilities.