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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (8266)10/30/2001 4:55:43 PM
From: Jill  Read Replies (3) of 281500
 
It doesn't matter if it's home grown. I.E. if the terrorists bought it here or abroad.

A few weeks ago on this thread some people were scoffing "Is that all the terrorists can do?--send a few letters with anthrax?" Whoever did this had a profound understanding of how the spores would spread. Into many milieus, via mail, and people who touched mail. One gram of powder contains by various estimates between a billion and a trillion spores. The letter to Daschle had more porous paper and smaller spores. I'm also thinking that the infection rate with finely milled spores is far lower than the typical estimates of naturally occurring anthrax.

Now, according to my postal deliverer (who had an anthrax scare at the local post office)--p.o. is asking congress for hundreds of millions to buy sterilizing machines for 250 different post offices around the country.
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