Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Pastimes : Clown-Free Zone... sorry, no clowns allowed -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (131494)	10/27/2001 8:58:09 PM
From: Les H	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

No known arrests yet in Saudi Arabia since Sep 11 foxnews.com

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (131494)	10/27/2001 11:37:50 PM
From: stomper	Respond to of 436258

Postal Clerk Dies From Legionnaire's Disease mycfnow.com Posted: 9:13 p.m. EDT October 27, 2001 Updated: 9:20 p.m. EDT October 27, 2001 BOCA RATON, Fla. -- A female clerk at a Palm Beach County post office has died from Legionnaire's disease, but the case appears isolated and is not a threat to the community, health officials said. Rosa Anderson, 55, a distribution clerk at the Boca Rio post office, died at Boca Raton Community Hospital, said Judy Johnson, head of the American Postal Workers in Miami. Legionnaire's disease is a respiratory infection that generally spreads through the inhalation of mist from contaminated water. It does not spread from person to person. The disease is treatable, but Anderson "arrived at the hospital very, very sick,'' director of the Palm Beach County Health Department Dr. Jean Malecki said. Since Anderson was hospitalized a few days after a man died from anthrax, she was also tested for the bacteria. Bob Stevens, who worked for American Media, Inc., in Boca Raton, died of the inhaled form of anthrax in early October. Anderson's tests for anthrax came back negative. It was only after she died that health officials determined she had Legionnaire's disease. There's no "obvious source'' for the disease and there are no new cases in the area, Malecki said. "We're all very saddened,'' postal service spokeswoman Ellen B. Bohde said. "She was a wonderful employee and she'll missed by all of our employees.'' Legionnaire's disease was discovered in 1976, when 34 people died and 221 became ill at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified the bacterium responsible for the outbreak in January 1977, calling it Legionella