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You have alread forgotten the fellow in Florida who DIED!

Sorry, I should have elaborated on this, because I certainly haven't forgotten about Bob Stevens.

My point was that this report suggests a difference in the long-term effects of the different batches of anthrax: the NJ anthrax caused long-term effects (fatigue, memory loss, etc.) that were apparently not caused by the FL anthrax. Stevens' death doesn't bear on this issue: since he didn't survive his initial bout, we have no idea what long-term effects he would or wouldn't have suffered had he survived.

Insofar as we have been let to know (publicly) by the FBI or others, all the anthrax is the same. Earlier there was suspicion that we had independently operating "look alike" attackers.

The big dividing line among the people who developed symptoms of infection is a simple one. All the deaths occurred with people over 50.

This group of people has substantial ethnic diversity. It could be that some populations have a degree of inherited immunity.