27 June 2015 (16:58 UTC-07 Tango 01)/06 Tir 1394/10 Ramadan 1436/12 Ren-Wu (5th month) 4713
“We have shifted one patient to Koraput district headquarters hospital as his condition deteriorated. Others are being treated in the villages by our mobile health units.”-Anand Kumar Padhi, Koraput health administrator
“Anthrax has been confirmed in a Grand Forks County beef cow. Producers should consult with their veterinarians to make sure the vaccination schedule for their animals is up to date.”– Susan Keller, North Dakota state veterinarian
Indian health administrators suspect that possibly contaminated farm animals resulted in three people getting infected with anthrax and dying: “During our visit we found around 30 villages had consumed the meat of a dead cow. The patients developed abnormal swellings and boils on their body….”-Anand Kumar Padhi, Koraput health administrator
Anthrax hit India’s Koraput District back in December, but in the past week three people have died and “several” are in critical condition. At least 12 people from one village are infected. Two people also died in May.
In the U.S. state of North Dakota bacillus anthracis has hit the cattle industry. The state Department of Agriculture blames unusually abundant rain. In 2005, anthrax killed more than 1-thousand cattle, bison, horses, sheep, llamas and farmed deer and elk.
Anthrax is not a virus, it is a bacteria that can survive extreme environments for decades, even survive chemicals and most radiations. During the Second World War the evil British empire (supported by the United States) created weaponized versions of anthrax. The testing grounds, Scotland’s Gruinard Island, was locked-down until 1990 due to massive contamination with the weaponized anthrax.
That weaponized anthrax is called Vollum 14578 and was going to be used against Germany, until the testing showed the lethal effects would last for decades, meaning even the British and Americans would not be able to occupy German territory. The test animals died within days of being infected. The test was conducted in 1942, by 1945 the British realized that even their attempts to decontaminate (including incineration of animals) the island could not kill Vollum 14578. An inspection of the island in 1990 revealed that Vollum 14578 apparently died out and the quarantine was lifted.
But naturally occurring anthrax is just as bad; it can’t be killed, even cooking the contaminated food until it’s almost burned is not a guarantee that you won’t get sick. The worst form of anthrax infection is through inhalation (airborne).