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The case of a young New Hampshire women who contracted a rare form of anthrax at a drum circle in December has done little to deter fans of the gatherings, which range from informal outdoor jam sessions to professionally run sessions in corporate conference rooms. Some focus on the music of specific cultures, while others promote spirituality, healing or a sense of community.
The Dec. 4 drum circle held at a campus ministry center in Durham was a monthly event advertised as "Good food! Fun music! Excellent company!" About 60 participants - most of them University of New Hampshire students - filled up on a pasta dinner then cleared away the tables in the center's great room to enjoy drumming games, music and dancing.
The woman who later became ill wasn't drumming that night. Instead, she was the first one to get up and dance, said Julie Corey, a drum circle facilitator hired to lead the session.
"I remember thanking her for that at the end of the night, because when she got up to dance, it inspired the other students," Corey said. "I know she was having a great time. We all were."
The woman became ill a few days later and by Christmas, had been diagnosed with gastrointestinal anthrax, an extremely rare form of the potentially fatal bacterial disease. Her condition has improved from critical, and as of this week, she was able to speak to state health officials.
Those conversations bolstered the theory that she likely swallowed anthrax spores propelled into the air by vigorous drumming, deputy state epidemiologist Dr. Jodie Dionne-Odom said Wednesday. Tests have confirmed that anthrax spores found on two of the center's drums and elsewhere in the building were the same strain that infected the woman.
Post by lordrockinhood on Feb 1, 2010 12:43:40 GMT -5
I remember this from about 4 years ago here in NYC, when a scare happened that was related to a school downtown and it was all over the news for a few days
My guess is that drum skins were made with the hides of infected sheep?
Yes, it was the skins that were already infected. As they beat the drums, the spores were released. This woman suffered from gastrointestinal anthrax, meaning it landed on her mouth or her fingers which then touched her mouth, and she swallowed it. The stuff used as a biological weapon is the respiratory form, which is why it's made into/mixed with a "powdery substance" that people inhaled. The gastrointestinal anthrax is apparently quite rare, which is what makes the drum circle incident even more interesting. Also, this is not the first drum-circle related anthrax case, although I don't know if the others were GI or respiratory. Now to find the article I read several weeks ago that explains all this........
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