Wow, I knew drum circles were stupid but I didn’t realize they were also dangerous.
It’s no coincidence that this happened in Durham, home of UNH. There used to be a group in Plymouth (nearer me), home of Plymouth State U. but I don’t know if there still is or not. Might be something you’d find at the UCC church there.
It’s happened before.
Second anthrax death in Scotland
Health authorities in Scotland have confirmed that a second heroin user, who tested positive for anthrax, has died.
The man was being treated at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Last week, another man with the infection died in the city’s Victoria Infirmary. A woman who also tested positive is being treated at the hospital.
A fourth case of anthrax has been confirmed in Lanarkshire. The patient, who is a drug-injecting heroin user, is being treated at Monklands District General Hospital.
Anthrax is a deadly bacterial infection which occurs mostly in animals in Asia and Africa. Humans are seldom infected and it is extremely rare for anthrax to be spread from person to person.
Health specialists across the country have been reviewing recent cases of injecting drug users who have infections but no new cases have been identified.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/1223/breaking71.htm