Anthrax Summary to Date

ProMed | 10/22/2001

[Merovingian]

CONTRACTED INHALATION ANTHRAX:

-- [Male] 63, photo editor, the Sun, American Media Inc., Boca Raton,
Florida. Died 5 Oct 2001

-- [Male] 73, mail room worker at American Media Inc., Boca Raton,
Florida; remains hospitalized.

--  [Male] 57, Washington DC postal worker. Hospitalized in serious
but stable condition in northern Virginia.

-- Second Washington DC postal worker. Hospitalized in Virginia.

In addition, tests are under way on 2 other Washington DC postal
workers who died of symptoms consistent with anthrax.

CONTRACTED SKIN ANTHRAX:

New York
------------
--  [Female] 38, assistant to NBC anchor Tom Brokaw, New York; treated
with antibiotics.

-- Seven-month-old son of ABC News producer, New York; treated with
antibiotics.

-- [Female] 27, assistant to CBS anchor Dan Rather, New York; treated
with  antibiotics.

-- [Female] 30, assistant to editorial page editor at New York Post
[New York];
treated with antibiotics.

New Jersey
--------------
-- Female letter carrier at West Trenton post office, Ewing, New
Jersey; treated with antibiotics.

-- [Male. 35] postal worker who sorts and loads mail at mail center in
Hamilton, New Jersey; treated with antibiotics.
 

TESTED POSITIVE FOR EXPOSURE:

-- Florida: 6 American Media employees; treated with antibiotics.

-- New York: 2 lab technicians, one policeman who worked on NBC case;
treated with antibiotics.

-- Washington DC: 28 people at the Capitol complex including aides to
Sen. Tom Daschle and 2 Capitol police officers; treated with
antibiotics.

LOCATIONS WHERE ANTHRAX FOUND:

Florida
---------
-- American Media Inc., Boca Raton, Florida, on keyboard of man who
died and in mail room.

-- 3 U.S. Postal Service facilities, two in Boca Raton, Florida, where
AMI is based; one in Lake Worth, near AMI's former address in Lantana.

New York
------------
-- NBC, New York, on letter postmarked 18 Sep 2001, Trenton, New
Jersey

-- Gov. George Pataki's office, New York City.

Washington DC
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-- Daschle's Washington office in the Hart Senate office building, on
letter postmarked 9 Oct 2001, Trenton, New Jersey

-- Dirksen Senate office building, where mail for Senate offices is
processed; Ford House office building, where mail for House offices is
processed; and an off-site postal facility where all congressional
mail is processed.

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ProMED

[Merovingian]

All in one place..

[mostlyundecided]

What about the intern (who sent weird email) from AMI? Didn't I hear he was in the hospital with Pnuemonia and they were testing him? Never heard another word after that.

[Merovingian]

I heard he tested Negative...

FOX just reported that D.C. will have a news conference to update on late news soon..

[LikeLight]

That's the one (the Florida intern) I've been wondering about also. How likely is it that this young man would just happen to get this severe pulmonary condition that required hospitalization? Yet his story has completely dropped off the radar screen!

[Merovingian]

It was reported that the intern tested negative for anthrax..He was shown on TV..last week.

[TMC]

Question:

If the postal workers didn't open the mail, how did they inhale the Anthrax? Did the powder leak out?

[Merovingian]

We are not getting a straight answer on that. I hear about fans that blow dust off of the machinery they use to sort the mail...???

[mostlyundecided]

That's also what I heard, the machine that processed the letters was contaminated and that machine is cleaned with an air gun - which would have made the particles airborn. This means at least one of the envelopes was leaking or that the anthrax so small it goes right through the fibers of the envelope. (my guess of course on the envelope leaking)

[Merovingian]

As of right now, Hamilton Township NJ Postal Facility female worker is now suspected of having INHALATION ANTHRAX in serious but stable condition.

[callisto]

To find all articles tagged or indexed using Anthrax_Scare_List
Go here:
OFFICIAL BUMP(TOPIC) LIST
and then click the Anthrax_Scare_List topic to initiate the search! !

These articles are posting so fast I don't even have to click "copy" anymore...the script just hangs in there for the next "paste".

[Merovingian]

I'm not clear on the process..is there something I should do with this list to assist? Duh..

[callisto]

That's okay...I'm just scanning the latest articles posted to look for any that need to be added to the list. I left your name in the reply-to-box so you would know that it's been added to the overall collection. If you want to locate all the anthrax articles just follow the link, search the list, and click on Anthrax Scares.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Hey, you are getting some good stuff entered into the index list. We now have around 100 and we are not yet catching all of them. This will have huge dividends for researchers as this crisis goes on.

In the CALPOWERCRISIS topic area we have nearly 2000 documents retrievable.

This area will be much larger very soon the way it is growing!

[Merovingian]

From DC: Mayor Anthony Williams and Chief Health Officer Walks reporting:

The 2 deaths are confirmed to be inhalation anthrax. Brentwood facility testing + for anthrax..

The other 2 in the Inova Fairfax Hospital remain stable condition.

TOTAL STATISTICS:2 deaths, 4 cases 'suspicious'..an additional 12 cases that are in category of LOW suspicion...

[callisto]

Thanks...I'm posting so fast today I can't get to other room to see the news briefings.

[itsinthebag]

"What about the intern (who sent weird email) from AMI? Didn't I hear he was in the hospital with Pnuemonia and they were testing him? Never heard another word after that.

I was wondering too. Also, last week, FOX reported that an 8 year-old boy in Florida was suspected of having skin anthrax. Anybody hear this besides me?

[callisto]

Research is one of my favorite things...glad to help out in any way I can.

[callisto]

"What about the intern (who sent weird email) from AMI? Didn't I hear he was in the hospital with Pnuemonia and they were testing him? Never heard another word after that.

I scour the news and there has been no further mention of this guy.

[Merovingian]

I'm confused. If you are referring to the intern, it was reported last week that he tested negative for anthrax, he was shown on TV..As for the 8 year old, I had not heard any reports on that one..