Reply #16: Actually, it can prevent a culture from taking.

[Ladyhawk]

From what kestrel said in the LBN thread, this bacteria is hard to culture, anyway, but if you have the disease, taking antibiotics can kill off just enough of the bacteria to foul up tests.

If anyone contracts tularemia, a big stink needs to be raised.

I sent this story to folks in my local peace group. We sponsored a representative to march for us in Washington. I felt a little strange postulating that the government could have been involved in releasing airborne tularemia. God, I feel like some whacko full-Reynold's-wrap warrior, but I have to admit this is possible.

It may also be that the government is trying to scare folks away from protests. Maybe they're saying, "Next time it will be something worse and we'll fucking cover it up."

I just don't know what to think anymore. :shrug: