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...Even in the highly unlikely case that you are diagnosed with anthrax, you have an extraordinarily good chance of surviving with nary a scratch to show for it. The majority of people diagnosed these days have cutaneous anthrax, which is very easy to treat and has never proven fatal in modern times. Inhalation, or pulmonary anthrax, is a bit scarier, but given the right antibiotic (of which there is plenty) you're still looking at better-than-good odds of survival...
...Unfortunately, all the common sense in the world can't seem to stop the juggernaut of anthrax anxiety. And the need for calm is real - in New York, thousands of nervous people are flooding 911 lines and hospitals, worried that they might have been exposed to anthrax. They most likely haven't, and public health officials are worried this will further tax an already strained health system. And overuse of Cipro and other antibiotics could help breed newer, antibiotic-resistant strains of anthrax. It didn't help matters when the governor of New York, George Pataki, announced he was popping...
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...identified a New Jersey mailbox as the site where the anthrax-laced letters were posted...