:) So what are you hearing about this weekend. Have you heard of anything like a lot of increased chatter?
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California Researchers Accidentally Exposed to Live Anthrax
AP ^ | june10, 2004
Posted on 06/10/2004 9:48:11 PM EDT by nuconvert
California Researchers Accidentally Exposed to Live Anthrax
Paul Elias/Associated Press
Jun 10, 2004
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - At least five workers developing an anthrax vaccine at a children's hospital research lab in Oakland were accidentally exposed to the deadly bacterium because of a shipping mistake, officials reported Thursday. Officials with the Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute said none of the researchers has shown symptoms of infection since the first exposure about two weeks ago, but each is being treated with precautionary antibiotics.
The researchers believed they were working with syringes full of a dead version of anthrax, hospital spokeswoman Bev Mikalonis said. Instead, they were shipped live anthrax by a lab of the Southern Research Institute in the Frederick, Md., Mikalonis said.
Anthrax produces severe flu-like symptoms in most of its victims. If inhaled, ingested or otherwise introduced into the body, it can kill.
Other workers may also have been exposed while the researchers handled the live anthrax, Mikalonis said, a possibility that federal, state and local officials - including the FBI - are investigating.
We have a finite number of weapons in the inventory. Every single one is assigned to a target. The evaluation criteria take into account military threat, political damage, economic damage, cultural and religious significance and population centers. It is a VERY thorough evaluation.
It was my personal policy to never peruse the weapons or targets lists while I worked on the project. I suspect both lists are in a constant state of re-evaluation.