1. As for contracting anthrax from contaminated mail, officials advise not opening any suspicious-looking mail or any mail from an unknown source. 2. Experts say the chances of contracting anthrax from spores on surfaces, in rugs, on fan blades, from any source of secondary aerosolization is virtually nil. 3. Experts advise discretion in opening mail from unknown sources but agree that the possibility of contracting anthrax this way is remote. 4. Now, with fears of contracting anthrax through the mail gripping the nation, the logos are back. 5. The Kettering woman said a broadcaster compared the odds of contracting anthrax with that of being hit by lightning on a perfectly sunny day. 6. Overuse of antibiotics by people afraid of contracting anthrax could result in untreatable forms of the disease and other more common illnesses, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. 7. Postmaster General John Potter said earlier Wednesday there is no guarantee that mail delivered to Americans is safe but the risk of contracting anthrax from a letter is slight. 8. Dr. Syed Mohammed Shadid, medical adviser to the daily, said no employee has shown any sign of contracting anthrax. 9. Employees were put on antibiotics, but no one has shown any signs of contracting anthrax. 10. Employees was put on antibiotics, but no one has shown any signs of contracting anthrax. |