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Tom Ridge, Oct 17. 2001:  Bioterrorism is the No. 1 priority this week and for weeks ahead.

NYT, Oct 01:  Americans were frightened. They flocked to doctors' offices and hospitals demanding to be tested for anthrax, even though in the overwhelming number of cases there was no evidence that they had been exposed to the germ.

The run on the antibiotic Cipro was so great that Bayer, the German company that makes it, said it would triple production, though even that might not be enough to meet demand.