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Anthrax Scare in Elk County, PA
Anthrax scare at Freeper Hometown Post Office, Rural PA ^
| 23 October 2001
| wtaj tv10 Newsgeek
Posted on 10/23/2001 2:14:59 PM PDT by Petronski
ELK COUNTY ANTHRAX SCARE A anthrax scare, in Elk County, PA. A postal worker in Saint Mary's has developed a skin lesion on his arm. He's been treated with the antibiotic Cipro and is waiting for blood tests, but preliminary tests show no signs of anthrax. Postmaster Mike Barker said if the worker tests positive, they will have all employees checked and the building will be quarintined.
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To: tamu
Thanks for the kind words. Everyone reading this should know, tomorrow the blood test results will be announced. If they are positive, I will first start a new thread.
But also, this will become a BIG STORY and I will do my best to continue reporting as much first-hand information as I can. (It's a little wierd to think of it: cutaneous anthrax cases in New York City, Palm Beach County Florida, Metro Bal-Wash, and St Marys, PA(?). That would sound very wierd.
If it is not anthrax, those details will be posted here.
To: Willie Green
You're from this part of the country, aren't you? I recall with fondness your links to the Straub's brewery...
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posted on
10/23/2001 6:27:18 PM PDT
by
okie01
To: okie01
But you're the only guy who has anything to say. Thanks for your trust. In the words of Dan Rather, I'll do my best to put on a world class newscast.
Damn, quoting Dan Rather is actually a little painful...
Oh, and Zippo Lighters are actually made 45mi north, in Bradford, McKean County. I don't know anything about Dan Conners. Straub Beer makes up for all that: Beer in all its Glory!
To: right_to_defend
One of the major problems with taking antibiotics when they are not needed is that you weaken your immune system and when you really need anti-biotics, they will no longer work. If all these people take them when they're not needed, we could end up with as many dead people as if they don't. They should probably give them one of the other anti-biotics and save the Cipro to use on anyone actually infected.
To: Petronski
I have visited Bradford, you are talking remote..
To: McGavin999
This is getting scarier by the day.
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posted on
10/23/2001 6:35:41 PM PDT
by
Ciexyz
To: Petronski
Believe me, we'll all be waiting to hear more.
To: Merovingian
I have visited Bradford, you are talking remote..Yeah, but you know the really funny part? I have DSL!
To: Petronski
His opponent sure has a lot of yard signs up everywhere, but I don't know anything about him, really. I'll bet small-town politics is "interesting!"
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posted on
10/23/2001 6:38:51 PM PDT
by
esther2
To: Petronski
Straubs... brings back memories of growing up in PA.
An attack in such an out of the way place is scarier than a big city hit to me.
Keep us posted, I hope its false.
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posted on
10/23/2001 6:40:27 PM PDT
by
ThreeG
To: Petronski
DSL.....Marvels of this modern world which connects so many faceless strangers all over this country! You do live in a beautiful area.
Did you see the latest from Topeka?
To: Merovingian
Topeka Postal Repair Facility Being Checked for Anthrax (equipment repaired from Trenton, NJ)At least that Topeka case would make sense. But why St Marys? I'm hoping it's natural, as I get my daily mail from the post office in question here, and I'd like to avoid using a Hazmat suit to find out what's on sale at Wal-Mart.
To: Petronski
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Trash the mail for a while.
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posted on
10/23/2001 6:54:44 PM PDT
by
jpsb
To: Petronski
LOL..Can see you now...Just found this:
Anthrax found in Bahamas By ELLEN BECK, UPI Science Writer
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Preliminary tests are positive for anthrax spores on an envelope at the Nassau post office in the Bahamas, officials said Tuesday, but elsewhere internationally reports of suspicious letters turned out to be hoaxes.
To: Petronski
"In the words of Dan Rather, I'll do my best to put on a world class newscast." Courage...
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posted on
10/23/2001 7:19:12 PM PDT
by
okie01
To: Petronski
I am reading it.
To: Merovingian
Is their a post on the Topeka item?
My daughter is just north of there!
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
To: Petronski
Could be Lyme disease, poison ivy, spider bite, mosquito bite.
Let's innoculate all truck and automobile drivers in the US against vehicular accidents.
Waiting for media reports of ANTHAX coming in from Antarctica. That would probably be due to frost bite.
"Oh Chicken Little, the Sky is Falling."
To: BulletBras
Take it up with his doctor, I'm just the messenger.
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