se inhalational anthrax, which has an incubation period of three to 60 days. People given antibiotics during that period can clear the infection without so much as a headache. Unfortunately, experts can still only guess at who needs treatment (Cowley 37). The third type is gastrointestinal anthrax and this usually follows from the consumption of raw or undercooked contaminated meat with an incubation period of 1-7 days.
             Anthrax has specific symptoms that should be watched for: fever, flu-like symptoms, or a sore. The fever should have a temperature greater than 100 degrees F and is accompanied by chills or night sweats. Flu-like symptoms include a cough (usually a non-productive cough), chest discomfort, and shortness of breath, fatigue, muscle aches, headache, vomiting, diarrhea, and loss of appetite. A sore, especially on your face, arms or hands, that starts as a raised bump and develops into a painless ulcer with a black area in the center ("FAQ's About Anthrax" 4).
             Until last month, doctors thought inhalation anthrax was essentially a death sentence once it announced its presence. The early symptoms resemble those of a cold or flu. Unless they're recognized as anthrax, and treated with antibiotics, they quickly lead to shock, suffocation and death. Doctors have long assumed that patients who develop symptoms have only a 10 percent chance of surviving. But the current outbreak sugges
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