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To: RocketMan who wrote (619)	11/20/2001 10:36:40 PM
From: Jill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 827

I think what they meant is the bag holding the mail tested positive for that many spores on initial sampling (i.e. it had already gone through the envelope even though unopened) as compared to other mailbags with uncontaminated mail. I'm beginning to think these isolated cases are due to the awfulness of randomly contaminated mail interacting with older lungs. They made a point that previous victims were middle aged. This lady is elderly. Perhaps a small # of spores on contaminated mail (you're just unlucky enough to have a letter rubbing up against the actual culprit letter perhaps) can do it in some cases. Although I find it a bit mystifying why there are no such isolated cases of skin anthrax--just 2 inhalation cases. You'd think there'd be a few unexplained citizen skin anthrax cases too, if its contaminated mail? Your thots pleeze.