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Coley also emphasized the large number of other potentially threatening agents, despite the current national media focus on anthrax...
...maintains a stock of Cipro and other antibiotics used in the treatment of anthrax and other infections, and cooperates with area hospital pharmacies to access drugs and vaccines. But unless directed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, UHS will not dispense the medications preventively...
...Absent of exposure situations, routine [anthrax] testing is strongly discouraged,” said Dr. Christopher M. Coley, chief of medicine at UHS. “UHS is not being allowed to access those tests...
...Anthrax: The ultimate Halloween weapon...
...Moscow Times offered an extremely pertinent understanding of anthrax's value as a weapon: Back when they were preparing for war with the West, Soviet generals had no plans to use their considerable stores of anthrax - for the simple reason that nuclear and chemical warheads were more reliable weapons of mass destruction. "Bioweapons could kill hundreds of thousands or no one at all, depending on the weather and other factors that are hard to predict," writes commentator Pavel Felgenhauer. Still, he adds, "The inaccuracy and unpredictability of bioweapons makes them the perfect terrorist weapon that may kill...