# No Anthrax?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-anthrax/92331
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [November 9, 2001, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-anthrax/92331 "2001-11-09T01:25:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2001, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-anthrax/92331/1 "2001-11-09T01:25:45Z")
It’s been days since the last Anthrax letter showed up.
And that one went overseas.
So, did the sorry SOBs expose themselves to the organism by accident, & make the world a better place by self-destruction, or what?
Sound off, please.
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### Author:  [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2001, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-anthrax/92331/2 "2001-11-09T04:46:23Z")
It’s even looking like the Pakistani letters that got so much attention are anthrax-free. According to this [article](http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/1105/p7s1-wosc.html) in the _Christian Science Monitor_, the Jang letter is probably a false positive:
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> Pakistani police say the powder tested positive for anthrax spores, but thus far no Jang employee has tested positive for exposure.
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> In a press conference, Health Minister Abdul Malik Kasi questioned the accuracy of the first test that found anthrax spores in the powder sent to Jang. A second test is planned this week at the more advanced National Institute of Health in Islamabad.
Also, on November 7[sup]th[/sup], Ari Fleischer [said](http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/11/20011107-11.html#Anthrax2) that further tests came back negative on the “anthrax” sent to the consulate in Lahore.
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> I gave you a report this morning about the anthrax that was sent to Pakistan. The alleged anthrax sent to Pakistan has turned out to be negative. It was tested at a United States laboratory last night after being received from abroad and it has tested negative, which is a good sign, good news.
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2001, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-anthrax/92331/3 "2001-11-15T01:33:25Z")
Here it is, 11/14.
Still no 'Thrax.
I get a vision of some sick SOB, lying dead on his kitchen floor someplace; a victim of his own dirty germs & stupid carelessness.
GOOD RIDDENCE!
Darwin Award candidate?
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2001, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-anthrax/92331/4 "2001-11-15T15:34:19Z")
No, anthrax has been found in a State Dept. mail processing center in Sterling, VA. As of yesterday morning, officials had yet to determine its origin and they said another letter may be around somewhere. Cross-contamination from the Brentwood post office is not being considered becuase contamination in Sterling was so widespread.
[Feds Seek Anthrax-Tainted Letter](http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011114/us/attacks_anthrax_13.html)
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### Author:  [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2001, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-anthrax/92331/5 "2001-11-17T03:06:09Z")
[FBI: Letter to Leahy ‘appears to contain anthrax’](http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/11/16/inv.FBI.letter/index.html)
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2001, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-anthrax/92331/6 "2001-11-18T22:39:14Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Larry Mudd \*
> \*\*[FBI: Letter to Leahy ‘appears to contain anthrax’](http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/11/16/inv.FBI.letter/index.html) \*\*
Sorry, **Mudd**.
The letter was stored. It was posted on the same day as the others. In New Jersey.
So, no **new** letters sent.
Just the **one** mailing.
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### Author:  [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2001, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-anthrax/92331/7 "2001-11-19T00:22:37Z")
True. Nothing to be sorry 'bout. Me, I’m thankful. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2001, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-anthrax/92331/8 "2001-11-19T16:52:28Z")
Authorities are still looking for one and possibly two letters in the State Dept. mail processing center.
[Reuters](http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011116/sc/attack_anthrax_cdc_dc_2.html)