-Caveat Lector- Just a few comments on the article below...
I don't know where Reuters got Waterbury from...the victim is from Oxford, which is about 15 miles southwest of Waterbury (and only about 10 miles away from where I live)...and she is currently being treated at Griffin Hospital in Derby, which is the next town over from me... She is elderly (local news say she's 94), a widow and mostly a shut-in, so it's a real mystery as to how she could have contracted inhalation anthrax. According to local news reports, the diagnosis of inhalation anthrax has been confirmed; her relatives first brought her to Griffin's ER last Friday, thinking she had a bad case of flu effecting her respiratory system...to the hospital's credit (especially considering it's a small-hick-town hospital), when the victim proceeded to deteriorate rapidly over the next few hours after admission they immediately suspected anthrax and began tests for it. The victim is currently in critical condition. Her clothing has been bagged as a precaution. Oxford is semi-rural, still has a lot of farms, especially horse farms; anthrax CAN be found naturally in the soil, and since apparantly this elderly woman did not receive any strange items in the mail containing mysterious powders, perhaps she contracted it 'naturally' -- although how a 94-year-old shut-in would do this is unknown. And is it perhaps coincidence that our state senator, Chris Dodd, is reported to have received an anthrax letter today? Tonight Oxford is crawling with local LEOs, state and federal hazmat teams, and the FBI.... June > From Reuters, > http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011120/ts/attack_anthrax_connecticut_dc_2. html > - > Tuesday November 20 5:53 PM ET > > Suspected Inhalation Anthrax Case in Connecticut > > HARTFORD, Conn. (Reuters) - An elderly woman in Connecticut is being > treated for suspected inhalation anthrax, Gov. John Rowland said on > Tuesday. > > If confirmed the Waterbury, Connecticut, case would be the first in > that state and the first new anthrax case in several weeks in the > United States. > > Rowland said the state police and FBI (news - web sites) were > investigating, as well as federal health officials. > > ``It's very difficult at this time for anyone to explain how the > patient may have contracted anthrax,'' Rowland said. > > ``We have no evidence at this time that anyone sent the patient > anything containing anthrax. And we have no evidence that the patient > contracted the disease as a result of some criminal act,'' Rowland > said. > > The governor said it was still possible testing at the Centers for > Disease Control and Prevention (news - web sites) could come up > negative for anthrax in this case but the woman is being treated with > antibiotics. > > Since early October four people have died and 13 have been infected > with the bacteria that can be used as a germ warfare agent. > > All of those infected so far have been associated with the mail, the > media or Capitol Hill, except for a hospital worker in New York who > died of inhalation anthrax. The Connecticut case apparently would also > be outside the previous risk zone for infection. > > Anthrax first surfaced in Florida in October and raised fears of > bioterrorism in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and > Washington. > > Investigators have still not determ <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
