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To: RocketMan who wrote (30)	10/25/2001 7:01:25 PM
From: Jill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 827

I saw that. I'm trying to figure that one out. Could the envelope have gone through Brentwood sorting machine, and then on to Sterling sorting machine? Or are there some unknown anthrax letters they aren't telling us about or dont know about themselves? How did it get into the equip elevator in Daschle's building? It seems to me that contamination of one letter from another letter is an unlikely way to get inhalation anthrax, as the spores were engineered to float. Let's say some came out onto other letters after being sorted, or that the machine got lots of spores and the next letter(s) sorted got contaminated. Even so, with all the handling, by the time it would get to the recipient, or even to another mail sorter at another facility, it would be unlikely to still have very many if any spores left. But if one spore could cause cutaneous, theoretically an ordinary citizen could get cutaneous that way--though highly unlikely. But inhalation seems unlikely to me unless there were a letter with anthrax in it. OTOH, I worry they will now send an en masse bunch of letters w/ anthrax. If they don't have any more (Atta was said to have gotten 2 vials from an iraqi agent last summer; maybe that was all they had at first) they would buy some, I'd think. Anyway not surprisngly 4 sorting machines on 9th avenue have anthrax. I assume they are testing NY now because of the DC/Trenton cases. But the Daschle letter had the tiniest most lethal spores as you said. Opening mail ain't so fun anymore...believe it or not I'm considering blowing $40 on this: life-protect.com Not for now, but in case there is a bigger contamination in a second wave of letters. I guess then they'd just stop the postal service.