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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

daily NEW'S, Wednesday, octobee 3,2001

If an outbreak in the city turned out to Anthrax be widespread, the federal government Symptoms: May at first resemble common cold; ; would get involved, quickly tapping into' then breathing becomes difficult. Kills by putting ; emergency medical warehouses at eight body into shock, shutting respiratory system. ; ' sites around the country. Each of those federal facilities con- Transmission: Contact with infected animals or ; tains 50 tons of medical supplies — vac- by aerosol; most deadly when inhaled. I ’ cines, syringes, IVs, antibiotics, anti- Not contagious. • ' dotes, gas masks and ventilators — that Incubatlon/tlme factor; Symptoms can occur two I can be rutshed to attack locations. days to six weeks after exposure. Taking no chances What stops It: Antibiotics, usually Cipro, if given early. Vaccines (mostly for military) involve a ; Trucks loaded with such supplies — series of six shots over many months. Other ; and enough medicine to treat 10,000 peo­ ple for anthrax, the plague and other dis- (1 antibiotics may help. eases—arrived in New York within hours 1 of the Sept. 11 Trade Center attacks. Botulinum toxin___________ The attacks also triggered parts of the j Symptoms: First, blurred vision, then muscle city’s bioterrorism response plan. Within weakness, paralysis, respiratoryfailure, death. hours, a specially trained National Guard 1 . unit from upstate Scotia was testing fori Transmission: Usually in food, through porous airborne chemical or biological agents./ mucous membranes in mouth or digestive sys­ I The city Health Department sent doctors? tem. Botulism is the most poisonous sub­ I to 15 sentinel hospitals to look out for/ stance known. Not contagious. ' unusual illnesses. / Incuhatlon/timo factor: Two hours to eight While the city is working hard to / days; usually 12 to 72 hours. make sure that its resjwnse plan adequate, any perception of What stops It Prompt treatment with antitox­ readiness is speculative — / ins. Vaccines in development appear to work public-safety agencies have/ against five of seven types of known botulism. never handled a large- scale biological or Smallpox ______________ chemical assault, y' “We should- Symptoms: Fever, fatigue, severe headache and back­ , n’t mislead / aches; sometimes stomach pain and delirium. Then a people by / rash appears, blossoming into deep disfiguring blisters. , saying havff Often fetal. I ready we / Transmission: Aerosol attack, then person to person or are,” said i through contaminated bedclothes. Very contagious. Dr. Rex 1 Archer of Incubatlon/tlme factor; 12 to 14 days. Kansas 1 VWiat stops It: Vaccine, it given before or within four , City, Ma, 1 days of exposure. Seven million doses available in ; , who chairs \ U,S., with 40 million more on the way. Side effects: One 1 ' abioteiTor- \ in 300,000 vaccinated people develops encephalitis. ( ' ism panel for \ ' a national \. I group of health . Plague____________ : Tularemia I officials. “On a readiness Symptoms; Fever, chills, trouble ' scale of zero to 100, even the / • Symptoms; High fever, then pneu- I best-prepared cities like New/ breathing, cough, bloody phlegm. : rnonia and infection. Can kill by I Infection destroys organ function. ; shutting the respiratory system. ( I York are probably a 10.” J Transmission; Aerosol attack, which : Transmission: Animal and insect produces the especially deadly • bites, direct ingestion of food or pneumonic plague — infection of : water. Not transmitted human to the lungs. • human. Incubatlon/tlme factor: One to six ; Incubatlon/tlme factor: One to days. : 14 days, but usually three to five What stops ft: Antibiotics such ; days after exposure. as streptomycin or gentamicin. : What stops h: Antibiotics such as A vaccine may be somewhat doxycycline and ciprofloxacin. effective if given before exposure. Vaccines provide some protection.

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