To: dogbyte12
Pulmonary anthrax takes hold of those who have weakened immune systems, primarily children and the elderly, and requires a sufficient dose of spores to fully overtake the body's natural immune response. In that sense it is similar to tularemia or psiticosis.
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10/31/2001 4:09:36 PM PST by
SpaceBar
To: SpaceBar
Pulminary takes over faster too though in the elderly. I am wondering if we aren't going to get later cases of younger workers who didn't succumb in the first 3 days after exposure, but may after 2 weeks. Or perhaps, those exposed who are younger, started taking Cipro after the elder victims got sick, but before they showed any symptoms.
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