Title

"Cover Story" piece on public confusion and panic following weeks of daily repor

Authors

Lee Burnett

Source

Maine Times

Date

10-25-2001

Pages

1, 13

Abstract

"Cover Story" piece on public confusion and panic following weeks of daily reports on bio-terrorism in America. Microbiologists at the Maine public health lab in Augusta have been working 18 hours a day, seven days a week analyzing anthrax-like powders sent to them by a frightened public, even though not a single anthrax spore has yet been found in the state. With comments by specialists in collective behavior and risk analysis.

Subjects

Terrorism

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