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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DMaA who wrote (20866)	11/30/2001 5:39:11 PM
From: Selectric II	Respond to of 59480

LOL. What's a few factual inaccuracies among the media? Speaking of media and facts, I heard a good one just today during the tv press conference with Connecticut's governor and the head of its Department of Health, about the cause of the 94-year old lady's inhalation anthrax. The press was concerned about possible cases of exposure that might not yet be known. A reporter asked, [paraphrasing]: "Didn't you say that anthrax can take up to 45 days to incubate?" Answer: "Yes." Reporter follow-up: "Has 45 days passed since the October 9 postmark on the envelope?" Health Department scientist (with what sounded like muffled laughter in background): "If you do the calculation [duh], yes, 45 days has passed since October 9." ----------- Thirty days has September...