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To: Ilaine who wrote (6900)	10/22/2001 10:07:18 PM
From: Selectric II	Respond to of 281500

Thanks for elaborating. From the tv reports that they clean "chad" (sorry, couldn't resist) from sorting machines with air hoses, sounds like an industrial operation that kicks up a lot of dust under the best circumstances. Sounds like special air handling equipment might be in order for places like that.

To: Ilaine who wrote (6900)	10/23/2001 7:32:45 AM
From: RocketMan	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

The fact that the public health honchos in charge of the facility are actually in DC means that they are mostly black, and hardly can be accused of racism. I never accused anyone of racism, especially any DC officials. I only made the observation that, IMHO, this same incompetence, oversight, whatever, would not have happened if the facility had been in Georgetown or on Mass Avenue. It's things like this that are endemic in a city, the capital of the free world, that is divided along such racial and wealth lines. And, BTW, this problem was not caused by DC officials. The DC officials, when questioned about their decisions -- or lack of them -- stated that they were only following directions from the CDC. The CDC told them that one could not catch anthrax from a closed letter. What we have here is not incompetence on the part of DC officials -- thought that may have also contributed, had the CDC acted -- but an incredible lack of science on the part of the CDC. A letter with inhalable anthrax is found in the capitol, those workers are tested and sent home, yet they tell the place where the letter was processed and delivered from that you can't catch anthrax from a closed letter. Remember when Daschle himself said that this was "a very potent form of anthrax that clearly was produced by someone who knew what he or she was doing." And the way that was questioned and debunked, even within this thread? Now, counselor, what would you advice someone who came to you whose family member died under these circumstances?