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To: Tito L. Nisperos Jr. who wrote (54322)	10/19/2001 4:29:41 PM
From: Ian@SI	Read Replies (3) of 70976

Tito, OT re Anthrax. The story you provided stated there were 19 cases of Anthrax in the last years in the Philippines, none of which were fatal. In the US with madmen or terrorists (which may be one and the same person ;^)) trying to spread Anthrax, so far there's been 5 or 6 cases with one fatality. It seems to me that we're more at risk from the Flu, a variety of cancers, drunk drivers, road rage, lightning strikes or even the Media making mountains out of molehills. Yes, caution and awareness of the risk is essential. But nonstop coverage and fear strike me as inappropriate. Given that Anthrax is not contagious, that it's difficult to spread, and it's readily treatable by a wide variety of antibiotics, I wouldn't be surprised that its supposed virulence is nothing more than US propaganda. This propaganda was a decoy which has quite successfully diverted terrorists from more serious bioterrorism. Makes sense to me. Dupe the Saddam Husseins of this world into wasting their resources on something that is less dangerous than the Flu. Now if we could only get rid of the nonstop coverage by the media. The terrorists must be laughing their asses off. Their infection attempts have been impotent, yet the media has generated more fear than they could ever have dreamed of. Ian

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