Doctor Bug
Anthrax took-off as a media-hype rocket when tabloid photographer Bob Stevens from Florida was the first confirmed person murdered by it.
Three doctors from JFK Memorial Hospital diagnosed him, miraculously, actually, within 24 hours. First anthrax case in 30 years - but these dudes zeroed in on it with astounding alacrity - true heroism - made the connection to Islamic bio-terrorism from the get-go.
That expert opinion, in turn, fed the resultant media-frenzy that followed.
That then fed the funding explosion, the rise & rise of the THE Science phenomenon
Of course wars galore, to keep the show moving, including WW3, the War on Privacy, the tightened security net, etc, etc. Bio-events come & go- but domestic surveillance - once that shit's activated - that's like John Donne's love & taxes - it never wanes in times of peace - in springtime doth increase.
Interestingly, for all of the humanity-altering seeds it sewed, it may never have been diagnosed if it wasn't for our sharp-eyed friends at JFK Memorial.
Of this heroic, ground-zero trio, Drs Wolf and Abrams were subsequently locked-up for managing - separate - Oxycontin, purpose-built drug-pushing pharmacy scams. So full-of-crap on the cred-stakes, open to a quick buck - we know that much about em as facts.
The third, Larry Bush, aka Doctor Bug, did it the smart way - rode his Celebrity Scientist fame all the way to Covid (ended up heading AZ's - doctored trials/push into the US).
Not saying they're guilty of anything - well apart from the drug dealing - but it's funny how they were: right there - at the coal face - on a (spoiler alert) a case of homegrown terrorism involving insider scio-security experts - to get more money ...
Wouldn't you as an investigator wanna rule them out ? There are loads of great firemen, but
the fireman as the arsonist
is a known thing, too - let's face it. A narcissistic thrill sort of impulse. Often as not, it's the ones who report it.
Yet, so far, none of the above have ever been questioned in relation to the Anthrax investigation, which is strange. Then again, not. If your job is National security - secret higher truths is your currency - you'd know an investigation into the sovereign authority of science experts is not in the interests of the common good.
I wouldn't, if was them, i'm not gonna risk destabilizing the very system that supports my position at the top. Why would i do that?
That's why we made a show of blaming Al Qeuda - then Saddam - his factories churning-out bio-weapons of mass destruction - or - at worst, not saying it is, but God forbid it's one of our own - in which case must be: a deranged loner acting alone. If you don't believe me, ask Edward Snowden.
Whatever, they weren't investigated, nor were the investigators who didn't investigate them - let's move on - stick with what we do know ...
Anthrax precipitated an unprecedented explosion of money to fight bio-terrorism.terrorism ...