and possible bioterror attacks. you remember the mail attacks in new york and washington in the fall of 2001. workers at the level three lab were supposed to inactivate the bacteria spores before sending them out. but according to the cdc the proper protocols were not followed. what the lower biosafety labs got is live anthrax. t the error was discovered last friday of the they re identifying workers who may have been exposed. up to 75 people now, and the number may go higher. those people are monitored for signs of infection or prescribed two months of the antibiotic cipro. one of the biggest concerns about the mistake is in a couple of labs the spores became suspended in the air. inhalation of anthrax is almost deadly. the risk is low, but they re taking no precautions which is why they re prescribing all that
are now going to be very careful as they should and anything suspicious will get reported. and don t know if it was ricin-laced. it s breaking quickly this afternoon on this latest threat. this is two reminiscent, folks, of something we ve been through before. these ricin-laced letters remind many of us of the deadly anthrax scare that followed the 9/11 attacks in 2001. that was the last major civilian terrorist attack we have suffered in this country. the 9/11 attacks, and they were followed by anthrax and now, we see the boston marathon and now the ricin scare. back then in 2001, as many as anthrax-laced letters were sent through our postal service and five americans were killed, paralyzing the postal system and causing thousands to take the antibiotic cipro. in 2008, they named this man