[OWK]

Question: How many spores can exist in a small quanity of powder in an envelope?

Trillions.

(yes, trillions)

[shezza]

One newsie said in an example, the 8,000-10,000 spores required to start an infection in someone's lungs, if all crammed together, would be about the size of a piece of dust.

[freeperfromnj]

This is exactly why this shouldn't be downplayed. If these spores can do such damage when opening an envelope why couldn't they escape from an ordinary paper bag as well. I believe there are many possibilities for airborne delivery. Maybe not on a grand scale but any deaths related to this is one to many as far as I'm concered