The Alarming Cost Of Terror Hoaxes

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LA Times Article:

"In the 7 ½ years since America's worst bioterror attack — when letters laced with anthrax spores killed five people, closed Congress and the Supreme Court and crippled mail service for months — U.S. agencies have spent more than $50 billion to beef up biological defenses.

No other anthrax attacks have occurred.

But a flood of hoaxes and false alarms have raised the cost considerably through lost work, evacuations, decontamination efforts, first responders' time and the emotional distress of the victims.

That, experts say, is often the hoaxsters' goal."

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nati..._threats09.html

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The initial wave of Anthrax letters and the fallout from that tied up huge amounts of manpower and resources here!

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Influenza kills more people every week yet mandatory vaccination programs are deemed to not be cost effective. Hell even vending machines have killed more people in the last 7 years.