Re: Bird flu + preparedness + Anthrax

On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:34:37 +0000, Larry Caldwell wrote:

In article <pan.2006.02.24.16.38.17.97760@xxxxxxxx>, nntpmail@xxxxxxxx
(Ann) says...

It isn't out of the question that there are some anthrax spoors in the
soil in a town about 15 miles away. A 100+ year old tanning company
finally closed down about a year ago. From the media coverage I've seen,
the state health officials seemed to be unaware of its existence. IIrc,
people in TX do still do occasionally contract cutaneous anthrax.

This guy got it by using raw imported hides from Africa to make drum
heads, and then beating on the drums.

Actually, he purchased them in Africa himself and shipped them back. This
certainly was a hard way to learn that is not a good thing to sneak hides
through customs. Haven't heard in a day or so how he's doing, but he had
taken a turn for the worse.

Anthrax is endemic throughout the desert Southwest. The anthrax
bacteria doesn't stop growing when the cow or sheep dies. It keeps
growing until it runs out of meat to eat, then converts to spore form
and gets buried or blows away. There are large anthrax spore masses
buried all over the western US from Kansas to California.

It's not particularly contagious. You have to get right down and root
around in it to catch it.

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