High risk profession - Internet companies

Thu Oct 25 04:31:30 UTC 2001

On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 04:39:18AM -0400, Sean Donelan stated:
> 
> 
> I did not find an official source on the CDC or Washington DC Department
> of Health web sites.  The Washington Post has a story today which
> includes Internet companies in a list of high-risk professions.  I
> do not know if there is any specific information for including Internet
> companies in the list.
> 
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42450-2001Oct23.html
> 
>   "Anyone with flu-like symptoms -- an elevated white blood count, coughs,
>   body aches, respiratory problems -- would be given antibiotics if they
>   work in a high-risk profession or had "credible" exposure to anthrax
>   bacteria. That includes people who work at postal facilities, general
>   mailrooms, media organizations, government offices or Internet
>   companies."

Somebody should notify the Post that one cannot contract this particular type
of virus from an email. :) (Not with current MIME technology anyway ...)

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