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To: Don Joe; bonesmccoy; Exigence
Some of his responses are not ringing true:

1.) When AmericanGurl (#4) asked if he was a Doctor, he apparently Freep mailed her. ( #40) Thank you for your mail. I understand if you can't answer me back for professional reasons.

2.) How could a Doctor who is too young to know what measles look like, (#66) be in practice long enough to have a few vials of small pox vaccine hanging around? (#61)

3.) He claimed to be having difficulties trying to get info on who is sitting on the Board of directors of Wyeth Laboratories. (#67) I found the info in less than 5 minuted with a google search.

165 posted on 10/22/2001 9:11:26 AM PDT by rainingred
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To: rainingred
He claimed to be having difficulties trying to get info on who is sitting on the Board of directors of Wyeth Laboratories. (#67) I found the info in less than 5 minuted with a google search.

He also thanked someone early in the thread for finding CDC info. that I found with my first general search.

167 posted on 10/22/2001 9:16:55 AM PDT by Exigence
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To: rainingred; Exigence
"1.) When AmericanGurl (#4) asked if he was a Doctor, he apparently Freep mailed her. ( #40) Thank you for your mail. I understand if you can't answer me back for professional reasons."

From post 17 of "BREAKING: Anthrax case possible in VIRGINIA"</>


To: all

I'm a doctor of medicine. Don't worry guys. The treatment for anthrax is well-established. These guys would have to genetically engineer the strain to defeat the newest antibiotics. I don't think they can do that. It's hard for our own biotech companies to do that. If you start freaking out, it will drive up the cost of the drugs. It's better to use these antibiotics judiciously. If you over use them, the germs themselves will become modified through the natural mutation process. It's better to NOT use the antibiotics unless you absolutely have to. OK?

17 Posted on 10/09/2001 00:32:17 PDT by bonesmccoy
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And in #39, "Just see your doctor if you get sick. No different than at any other time"

Now, to put it in perspective, from SD Health Alert Network - Inhalation Anthrax (10/9/2001):

SD Health Alert Network - Inhalation Anthrax
(10/9/2001)

Quick reference - Inhalation anthrax

Infective dose

Incubation period

Duration of illness

Symptoms

Mortality

Untreated

Treated after symptom onset

8,000-50,000 spores

1-6 days
(up to 60)

3-5 days

Cold symptoms,
difficulty breathing,
chest pains

~100%

~90%

Transmission

Isolation precautions for hospitalized

Persistence of organism

Patient decontamination

Aerosol. No person to person transmission

Standard

Soil ~40 years

Remove, bag & save clothing for law enforcement. Shower with soap and water


176 posted on 10/22/2001 12:15:35 PM PDT by Don Joe
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