The pep-talk won't matter, Frank. Anthrax has been found in the mail, that makes it real, and that means it really can get to you. You might not be the material of a prime target of an attack, but you will eventually pass by someone who is.

What are the odds that another Tom Brokaw type (the NBC anthrax target) opens his own mail, possibly in the back of his company car while the driver takes him to an interview site. What are the odds this guy would open an infected envelope in traffic?

We don't know, and this makes it frightening.

The trouble I see is a reversal on the boy who cried wolf. Not that the authorities will lower their guard and start taking the task less seriously, but that we would. The inconvenience, and for many the embarrassment, will eventually take its toll. There will be fewer reports, but not because there will be fewer suspect events. It will be for the sake of convenience.

A relaxed sense of alert would be a true tragedy, for that is exactly what a real bio-hazard looks for.

My theory:
The anthrax is home-grown, and so it the "copycat terrorist" who sent it. This cracker needs to fry.

Later,
Dan