Anthrax
Anthrax is not a common disease. On average less than 5 Americans a year get infected with it by natural causes. Anthrax is an infectious disease caused by Bacillus Anthracis, a spore-forming bacterium most commonly found in domestic and wild animals. They contract it from contaminated soil, in which spores can remain active for decades. Humans can contract the disease if they are exposed to an infected animal, which most commonly happens on a farm because of the close contact between the farmer and the livestock. It primarily affects grazing animals, such as sheep, horses, cattle, and goats. The disease can be transmitted three ways: through the skin (cuts and abrasions), inhalation (air born spores that enter the lungs), and ingestion (undercooked meat, or contaminated foods). Symptoms usually appear within seven days. Inhalation is the most common form of contraction when infected from a bio-weapon. The symptoms of inhalation most resemble that of a common flu, except that the disease worsens until death. The microbes multiply in the lymph nodes, spreading deadly toxins into the bloodstream. An average human being would have to breath in over 8000 spores to become infected. Inhalation anthrax i
" The president said "it wouldn't surprise him" if Osama bin Laden, the person suspected in the Sept. I strongly believe that these attacks were planned and executed by Bin Laden and his followers. I think this because of the fact that Bin Laden has been known to try and acquire bio-weapons in the past. For any media outlet to compete in the American marketplace you have to out-do "the other guy. These have not been from natural causes. The main reason I believe that they are choosing to use anthrax, is because it is easy to obtain a culture. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, was behind the occurrences. Although it is easy to get, it is not so easy to make into a weapon. 00000035714% chance for the average American of getting infected. About 90 percent of people who inhale anthrax die. And really, it's less of a chance than that, because the infected letters were being mailed deliberately to celebrities, and people who are well known. Since Sept 11 there has been close to 100 anthrax cases in the United States. A figure given in this article reads: "51% (of the general population) think the anthrax attacks are acts of terrorism.
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