http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ct--terrordrill0406 apr05,0,2191624.story?coll=ny-region-apconnecticut Chertoff to watch drug dispensing as part of bio-terror drill By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press Writer April 6, 2005, 1:42 AM EDT PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Federal Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff was scheduled to observe a mock antibiotic distribution effort Wednesday as the nation's largest anti-terrorism drill entered its third day. The secretary, a New Jersey resident and former U.S. attorney in Newark, was to watch as emergency workers dispensed fake drugs to people including the so-called "worried well" who were not exposed to the pneumonic plague bacteria but want or need the medication to prevent them from contracting the deadly disease. The drill in New Jersey involves a fake bio-terror attack launched from a sport utility vehicle with a commercial sprayer. By noon on Wednesday, 3,076 "deaths" had been recorded statewide as part of the exercise scenario. At the same time, Connecticut officials are dealing with a simulated chemical weapons attack on the New London waterfront. New Jersey officials are setting up drug distribution points, including a large one at the Rutgers University Athletic Center, which Chertoff will visit with acting Gov. Richard Codey. The state's response to the hypothetical attack involves isolating victims and those close to them, and distributing preventive antibiotics to others to further halt the spread of the fast-moving disease. "To stop that in its tracks, the first thing is reaching the people who are sick," said James Langenbach, an official with the state health department who is helping organize New Jersey's response as part of the drill. "Then we operate these points of distribution to give medicine to help people from getting the plague." By Friday morning, all 21 of the state's counties will have drug distribution points set up as part of the drill, Langenbach said. The first day of the weeklong drill that began Monday focused on investigating the initial incident when the sport utility vehicle with the bacteria sprayer was found abandoned in a parking lot of a satellite campus of Kean University in Hillside. The second day, Tuesday, focused on the response of hospitals to an influx of "sick" and "dying" patients. Copyright 2005 Newsday Inc. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public schools. Fund a student project in NYC/NC today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EHLuJD/.WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
