Can inhalation anthrax be prevented?
It is hard to prevent because the anthrax bacterium is odorless and its distribution occurs silently and invisibly. But preventive antibiotics (Cipro is most common), taken before or immediately following exposure to the anthrax bacterium, will block or knock the disease down. The problem is, you shouldn’t take these antibiotics unless public health officials determine a clear and present danger exists. One case does not create that condition. Even two cases may not, because rare diseases often happen in groups. Remember Legionnaires’ disease of E. coli outbreaks.
