Turns out, a tragic national crisis is a big story. This week, in Anthrax, Part 2, Lynne will detail the reasons why anthrax is a major bioterrorism concern and then will get through the events of the first month of the attacks in fall 2001. Next week - the story continues.

Special note: Dr. Helen Shui is truly a doctor, but is working under a pseudonym for privacy reasons. Dr. Lynne Kramer is using her real name.

Music by Helen Shui and Caplixo. Cover art by Lynne Kramer.

Sources:

1. Anthrax: a continuing concern in the era of bioterrorism by Stefan Riedel

2. How To Weaponize Anthrax? By Ufuk Dizer, Levent Kenar, Mesut Ortatatli, and Turan Karayilanoglu

3. Bioterrorism Agents/Diseases via the CDC

4. Biological Weapons Convention via the United Nations

5. Administering the Anthrax Vaccine via the CDC

6. Amerithrax or Anthrax Investigation via the FBI

7. Anthrax In America: A Chronology and Analysis of the Fall 2001 Attacks via the Center for Counterproliferation Research (CCR)

8. Anthrax: In a Time of Terror via the Smithsonian National Postal Museum

9. How it Really Happened Season 8 Episode 3 via Max

10. Anthrax Weaponization via Wikipedia

11. 2001 Anthrax Attacks via Wikipedia

12. Death of Robert Stevens via Wikipedia

13. Mary Morris talking about her late husband Thomas Morris Jr. via Story Corps

14. The Anthrax Mail Attack: Postal Workers on the Front Line by Nancy Pope

15. Postal worker suspected he had anthrax via CNN

16. A Nation Challenged: The Victim; Postal Worker Felled by Anthrax Is Remembered by Elizabeth Becker

17. Neighbors mourn postal worker via CNN

18. Short Audio Clip: Mr. Monk and the Leper: Season 5, Episode 10; Mr. Monk speaking (Tony Shalhoub)

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