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title: Anthrax update
date: "2001-10-17T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1606
description: I react to the escalating 2001 anthrax attacks affecting Senate staff, noting the surreal similarities to Tom Clancy plots and sharing contemporary advice like ironing mail to kill spores during the post-9/11 security crisis.
keywords: [anthrax, bioterrorism, tom clancy, senate, mail safety, 2001 anthrax attacks]
---

This anthrax business is getting bad. Now [29 people](http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/conditions/10/17/anthrax/) on a Senator's staff have it. Following the attack on the WTC, this almost sounds like a [Tom Clancy plot](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,34807,00.html). ([Iron your letters](http://news.excite.com/news/r/011017/09/odd-iron-dc))