[UnBlinkingEye]

Cipro has been given to more than 100 million people since 1987. Last year in July, Cipro became and still remains the only drug approved by the FDA for inhalational anthrax.

The line I quoted in my prior response came from the CDC not the FDA per the article. My main question is why the CDC is advising not using antibiotics unless a positive test for the infection has occurred, yet ten thousand people are being treated with Cipro, et al, for potential anthrax exposure without any positive test?

[scottiewottie]

One good reason is that the cure could be more deadly than the disease. Many people die every year from the use of antibiotics. Same with a smallox vaccine, the vaccine if administered to 100 million people will result in according to some 10,000 deaths and even more permanent injuries.

Supply, profiteering, and panic are the other reasons. But prescription drugs do kill and should not be taken unless you have good reason.