[dirtboy]

Did I hear them say Waterbury CT? This one's a real mystery, if all is as it's being told. Like the NY lady, there seems to be no logical way to have gotten this.

During the accidental release of anthrax in Central Russia during the 1980s, people were dying months after the release. The anthrax is in spore form - it can sit dormnant for months or years. This can make it quite devilish to trace it about...

[xm177e2]

During the accidental release of anthrax in Central Russia during the 1980s, people were dying months after the release. The anthrax is in spore form - it can sit dormnant for months or years. This can make it quite devilish to trace it about...

And the person hit was elderly, they are much, much, much more vulnerable to inhalational anthrax. If there was a release somewhere near her, she'd be the first to get it.

[Conservababe]

The anthrax is in spore form - it can sit dormnant for months or years. This can make it quite devilish to trace it about...

Legionair's disease was an infecting spore that had laid dormant for decades...until it reimmergance in a convention...thus the new name.

Spores do go dormant in the soil...until disturbed.