Anthrax Shown in Co-Worker

Fox News ^ | October 8, 2001 | Unknown

[francisandbeans]

Unrelated...keep moving and buy more 'Victory' products.

[Rustynailww]

janet reno is behind this outbreak. this is being done to discredit jeb bush

[Seeking the truth]

Stevens was described as an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed fishing and gardening.

Also, as a photo editor, he was probably on the road everyday all over Florida - shooting pics. Check his itinerary to find out where he has been.

[Andreas Peyser]

Sky News is reporting this 2nd Anthrax case as a "possible Terrorist act", seems like the US media are downplaying it for now.

[Dane]

Just another avenue of thought. It seems that the Sun shared offices with the National Enquirer. Who brought out all the dirt about Marc Rich, the National Enquirer.

Marc Rich is not the most "ethical" person in the world. He has the money and slimy contacts to pull this off if he wanted, IMHO. He could be using the present crisis as cover. This does not discount the possibilty of a islamic terrorist attack, but all avenues and characters who may want revenge against the National Enquirer, have to considered as "suspects", IMHO.

[mewzilla]

Originally, when I thought this was at the offices of a British publication, I thought that our allies were being targeted, too. Then when I realized that wasn't the case I couldn't figure out why go after these folks. The only thing I can think of is that terrorist manual that was found in Atta's luggage. Didn't that suggest going after the decadant part of American culture, or something like that? Could our tabloid pubs represent that to bin Laden?

[blackbag]

O'Conner said there is no evidence that either man was a victim of terrorism

right.......

[DB]

If they found Anthrax in the building, how can that possibly be "a natural occurrence"???

Everyone has said Anthrax is not contagious. If that's the case, there is only one likely cause and it isn't natural…

[francisandbeans]

It's simple....someone was making cowdung brownies in the offices of the Sun. That's why it was in the air. Keep moving....nothing to see here.

[Basil314]

BREAKING UPDATE

I have found out through very reliable local sources (employee who used to work there) that a package was mailed to the Stephens guy. The anthrax was found primarily on his desk and in the mail room. It now appears someone mailed the virus to the offices. The place is now not only crawling with anthrax it is swarmed with health officials and the FBI. Will let you guys know of any more information I get.

[francisandbeans]

keep us posted...although I must point out that people get packages all the time.

[Dog Gone]

My wife is a medical technician in a laboratory at a Catholic hospital in Houston. Saturday night she identified what she thought was anthrax in a blood sample of a patient, except that it appeared to be gram negative, whatever that means. The patient is not responding to antibiotics. The hospital is extremely concerned and has contacted the CDC.

Last night, she tells me, four new patients were admitted with vaginal bleeding, a symptom often seen in anthrax patients. This is extremely unusual.

My wife is really on edge about all this, and I'm remaining very skeptical that there is any anthrax here at all. She might be seeing anthrax boogeymen everywhere. On the other hand, this is exactly how an outbreak would be first detected.

Take it for what it's worth.

[LSJohn]

fyi

[francisandbeans]

any connection between the four bleeding patients?

[francisandbeans]

read number 13....thoughts?

[ProudFossil]

NewMax is reporting the Anthrax has been found in the building but so far only on the computer keyboard used by Steven's, the man who has died.

[texlok]

>Unrelated...keep moving and buy more 'Victory' products

Yeah, but still if this were some how related to terrorism, why would they be targeting National Enquirer and Sun? I don't want to make any jokes because somebody died and another person could, but...weird choice of magazines.

But the first guy did have a few bad habits when it came to the outdoors and once he was infected it was bound to happen that another person would be.

I'm just wondering if he was on location for them somewhere when he got it.

[texlok]

>Unrelated...keep moving and buy more 'Victory' products

Yeah, but still if this were some how related to terrorism, why would they be targeting National Enquirer and Sun? I don't want to make any jokes because somebody died and another person could, but...weird choice of magazines.

But the first guy did have a few bad habits when it came to the outdoors and once he was infected it was bound to happen that another person would be.

I'm just wondering if he was on location for them somewhere when he got it.

[Servant of the Nine]

If they found Anthrax in the building, how can that possibly be "a natural occurrence"???

Anthrax is not contageous in the normal sense. You can't catch it from another person or animal that has it. Anthrax Spores, which are the infectious agent are produced only from dead victims. The body of something that has died of anthrax is extremely infectious. This could be no more than some small infected animal that got into an airconditioning vent and died. Spores in very low concentrations would be spread throughout the building.

So9