2001 anthrax attacks

On October 20th, 2001, Joseph Curseen, a postal worker in Washington D.C., went to work like any other day. Mr. Curseen was a hard worker who had never missed work, even for a sick day, since joining the postal service fifteen years earlier. Sadly, that was about to change. By that night, Mr. Curseen was in the hospital and two days later he was pronounced dead. The cause: anthrax. While this quick turn of events came as a shock to the people in his life, Mr. Curseen’s story was not unheard of. In

popular agents to be used in a bioterrorism attack. Anthrax could be used in many forms, for example, it can be placed into letters and mailed, much like the 2001 anthrax attack, anthrax can be released into the air where the spores can be easily blown by the wind and inhaled or can be carried around on objects such as people’s clothes to which it has

us before we were at war with it, an army that has injected its menace even into the everyday routine of opening a letter?   It has not helped that the government has been unable to answer basic questions. Is it safe to open mail? Is the anthrax of domestic or foreign origin? How many letters were

Anthrax is dangerous and deadly poison. It can be found in soil and wild animals. The attack of Anthrax took place on October 2001. Contact with anthrax can cause serious illness in humans and animals. Anthrax is not contagious, even though you get infected with anthrax when spores get into the body. Antibiotics can cure the disease. On October 2001, there was heavy pressure from the President to solve the Anthrax Files. In addition, they had two suspects for the Anthrax crime and FBI’s were sure

According to Willey, Sherwood, and Woolverton, anthrax is a highly infectious animal disease, caused by the bacterium B. antrhacis, that can be transmitted to humans by direct contact with infected animals, such as cattle, goats, sheep, etc., or their products, especially hides, and its spores can remain viable in soil and animal products for decades. Therefore, it is more likely to be transmitted to those humans continuously in contact with such animals or areas in which infected animals have had

As of today, November 11, 2016, 489 confirmed cases and 117 confirmed deaths of inhalation anthrax, the most deadly form of anthrax, have been reported to hospitals spread across Central Indiana. The first reported case was on November 4, 2016, after that the cases kept flooding in. The early symptom reports were minor, gradual and flu- like, often complaining of sore throats or headaches. After a few days, more and more people began to report these minor symptoms, in addition to more severe respiratory

the fall of 2001, Dr. Bruce Ivins was the main suspect of an anthrax mailing to news media outlets and two U.S. Senators (Shachtman). Five people died from the deadly bio weapon, called Dugway Ames Spores, a type of anthrax Dr. Bruce Ivins created and worked with to develop a vaccine in his workspace, or office, the Hot Suite in the U.S. Army Medical Department, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute Of Infectious Diseases, or USAMRIID (Engelberg). Seventeen others were ill from the anthrax exposure.

growing threat of bioterrorism has highlighted the importance of a strong public health infrastructure to the nation’s homeland security and has focused increased attention on the preparedness of the public health system (Frist, 2011). Since the 2001 anthrax attacks Congress has passed new legislation to increase the strength of the nation’s public health system thus the funding has also rapidly increased to meet the potential demand. There is an ongoing debate however, as to what level of contribution

Investigation: When Sensemaking Becomes Sense Faking During the fall of 2001, five or more letters were received in the mail by the offices of two U.S. Senators, and news organizations in New York and Florida. The letters contained a dry, powdered, and especially virulent and airborn form of the anthrax bacteria, as well as a handwritten note (D.O.J., 2010). As a result of these mailings, five people lost their lives, 31 more contracted anthrax but did not die, and ten thousand more received prophylactic antibiotics

references to history that the author uses, in order to properly read and understand this articles intentions. First the author references the anthrax attack carried out by terrorists in 2001. These attacks consisted of letters with anthrax spores inside of them, which were then mailed different news offices and the offices of two U.S. Senators. The attacks killed five people and infected nearly 20 others. Guinan 's