[lifesaver]

If I do get worried, THEY WIN. Anthrax isnt that bad. Actually, give it to me, I'll take the antibiotics, and I wont have to worry about it anymore. Strep throat can kill if left untreated. THE FLU kills in many populations (including the 19 million in 1917-1918) and for that there is NO cure. Remember the craze a few years back about the flesh eating bacteria (Strep A)? Then think about this 4 years ago there was an outbreak of EBOLA at a monkey research facility about 2 hours from here. They contained it, but how the hell did it get into the US?? Remember the incident at the research facility in Reston VA about 10 years ago? How many of us GC'ers live near there? Miami1839? Billy O? Point is, when compared to some of the other stuff, small pox, serin gas, Ebola...makes Anthrax look like a cold. Come on, 1 died outta how many exposed? Gimme some of that. Plus, if we all get on Cipro, guess how many cases of undetected cases of ghonnorhea and clammydia and syphyliss it'd eliminate from the dating scene. Come on, who hasnt been on an antibiotic in their lifetime. Not gonna kill ya. Remember before all this the TV reporters were talking about how many it'd kill before we figured out it was Anthrax? Well the answer turns out to be 1. Pretty good odds. And I'd place my money on the CDC ANY DAY. Call me foolish, but I am one of those rubes who still has faith in his governemnt. Ya wanna know why? 'Cause they all accountable to us. They screw this up, and they all going back to practicing law in their hillbilly home town.

Also I am sick of the alleged hoaxes. Since when the HELL did a crushed piece of wintergreen lifesavers cause a need to shut down an entire building. Did it EVER cross these peoples mind that yes, it just might be a piece of chalk on the steps. It is a school afterall. Yes, that is not anthrax, but non-dairy creamer goofball. ITS NEXT TO THE COFFEE MAKER! PS to the fools out there. Anthrax when ground is brown, not white. And lets look at the recieptients of the anthrax (confirmed); Tom Brokaw, ABC Studios, Senator Daschle, The Sun Newspaper, and yeah, youre next, Mr John Q. Public. To infect you through the mail, the terrorists would have to have a distrubution system rivaling that of Ed McMahon. Two things I dont expect, one to win the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes, and two to get a big ole box of anthrax. 'Cause the odds are about the same.

I am going to step off my soapbox. You have every right to feel threatened by the attacks. I am just choosing to go on living my life.