[Stefan Stackhouse]

My working hypothesis is that it is the work of terrorists, they only have a very small quantity of anthrax to work with, and they are leveraging it by careful selection of targets combined with larger quantities of false alarm mailings of inert powder. Have to hand it to them: they have managed to do a lot with very little.

If this hypothesis is true (and so far it seems to fit all known facts very well), then it should be comforting to know that the sky is not falling, we can survive this attack. A little bit of prudence will go a long way.

Smallpox is a much, much greater worry, however.

[pbear8]

Smallpox is a much, much greater worry, however.

Agreed. I don't care about anthrax. But what about smallpox, do we renew (or get) our immunity by hanging out with the cows?