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...Some years, of course, a strain hits that?s not part of the vaccine, and those are the years we see a lot of cases. (A few years ago, for example, we got hit with the A-Sydney strain...
...where this all was heading. The anthrax incidents presented both a health threat and a crime scene, and the airwaves were dense with fear but short on facts. There was no domestic Don Rumsfeld, whose Pentagon briefings are reassuring even when they aren't especially revealing. Was the anthrax strain detected last week in the Congress "weapons grade" or not, easily spread or not, related to the other attacks or not? Are we ready or not? And when public officials offer answers like "I'd rather not comment about any of the specifics," as Daschle said one day last week...
...WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? By looking at specific sections of the anthrax DNA, scientists can determine its strain and whether it has been genetically manipulated. Every sample from the recent cases tested so far comes from the same strain. It has not yet been matched with any of the known types of anthrax collected from naturally occurring outbreaks in animals...
...good idea for the U.S. to begin vaccinating all Americans again? Though it could neutralize one major bioterrorist weapon, there are strong arguments against it. The shots themselves carry risks. Historically, for about two out of every 1 million people inoculated, the vaccine's weak virus strain caused brain infection and death; others developed a mild but still unpleasant poxlike viral infection. More worrisome is the fact that the number of people most vulnerable to these adverse effects--those with compromised immune systems, such as patients in chemotherapy or with AIDS--has increased considerably since the last mass inoculations. Most...
...where this all was heading. The anthrax incidents presented both a health threat and a crime scene, and the airwaves were dense with fear but short on facts. There was no domestic Don Rumsfeld, whose Pentagon briefings are reassuring even when they aren't especially revealing. Was the anthrax strain detected last week in the Congress "weapons grade" or not, easily spread or not, related to the other attacks or not? Are we ready or not? And when public officials offer answers like "I'd rather not comment about any of the specifics," as Daschle said one day last week...