[Dog Gone]

Does anyone remember the CDC telling us that Bob Stevens, the first person diagnosed with anthrax, contracted the disease from drinking tainted water from a stream in North Carolina? I remember vividly.

They never told us that. It was suggested as a possibility very early before more facts were obtained.

If you required everyone in government to refrain from speaking until they knew something definitive, you'd probably accuse them of engaging in coverup or denial.

[CJ Wolf]

It was suggested (in my opinion) as a clear means to aviod a panic.

http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/10/05/florida.anthrax/

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no10/pdf/02-0389.pdf