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Transcript: Analysis: Public health officials puzzled by spread of anthrax spores
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- NPR Morning Edition
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- October 31, 2001
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Analysis: Public health officials puzzled by spread of anthrax spores
Host: BOB EDWARDS
Time: 10:00-11:00 AM
BOB EDWARDS, host:
Anthrax spores continue to be found here in the Washington, DC, area.
A postal facility in northwest Washington was closed yesterday, and
so was another near Dulles International Airport in Loudoun County,
Virginia, after traces of anthrax spores were detected. Public health
officials are beginning to admit that they have underestimated just
how fast anthrax spores can spread through the mail system. NPR's
Larry Abramson reports.
LARRY ABRAMSON reporting:
Investigators were surprised when mail handlers first came ...