Red Alert! Major Anthrax Drill Underway in California - Residents Fear it May Go Live!

by Pete Santilli, The Pete Santilli Show & The Guerilla Media Network

Thanks to word passed on to us from GMN Kenny (http://gmnken.com), we bring you this RED ALERT regarding a MAJOR anthrax exercise in the State of California.  At least a half dozen of the residents we spoke with fear this drill may go live. 

Eleven Southern California counties and 13 public health agencies will take part in the state’s largest bioterrorism drill starting Monday and continuing through the week, officials say.

The event, called the Southern California Regional Exercise for Anthrax Disaster Incidents, or SoCal READI, includes members of state and county public health agencies, hospitals, elements of law enforcement, and many volunteers in a practice response to a simulated large-scale aerosolized anthrax bioterrorism attack, said Susan Fanelli, assistant director of the California Department of Public Health.

The bacteria that causes anthrax would be one of the biological agents most likely used in a bioterror attack, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Inhaled anthrax is the most deadly form of the disease, with survival rates of only 10 to 15 percent, increasing to 55 percent with aggressive treatment, the agency’s website says.

SoCal READI has been in the planning stage for two years and builds on smaller drills conducted across the state in the years since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Fanelli said

Following the attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, California received federal funds for emergency planning, and some of those resources were used for developing bioterrorism protection plans, Fanelli said.

Counties participating include San Bernardino, Riverside, Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Imperial, Inyo, Mono, Ventura, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara. The health departments from the cities of Long Beach and Pasadena are also participating,

Each county and health agency will determine its participation for the practice drills, Fanelli said.

The mock attack will occur on Monday over a vast Southern California area, officials said.

By Tuesday, hospitals and other organizations will “realize” that the region is in the early stage of a regional anthrax outbreak.

LINKS:

http://www.sbsun.com/general-news/20151115/southern-california-to-conduct-bioterrorism-drill-monday

http://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2015/11/16/dont-be-alarmed-bio-terror-drill-planned-before-paris-attacks/

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