Postal workers feeling jittery and jilted at lack of anthrax testing
Submitted on October 23, 2001 - 12:00am.
When D.C. postal employee Thomas L. Morris died Sunday from anthrax exposure, Paul Smith lost a co-worker and a friend.
Two days later, Smith was among the scores of District postal employees who arrived by bus at D.C. General Hospital to receive a 10-day supply of Cipro. The antibiotics were a precaution, authorities had told him, in case he, too, had been exposed to the bacteria.
Standing outside the hospital with a clear plastic bag filled with the antibiotic in his hand, Smith was shaken and angry. He questioned why authorities had not acted sooner to screen postal workers.
Two days later, Smith was among the scores of District postal employees who arrived by bus at D.C. General Hospital to receive a 10-day supply of Cipro. The antibiotics were a precaution, authorities had told him, in case he, too, had been exposed to the bacteria.
Standing outside the hospital with a clear plastic bag filled with the antibiotic in his hand, Smith was shaken and angry. He questioned why authorities had not acted sooner to screen postal workers.
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