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6 Monday, November 12, 2001 Effects of Bilingual Ballots Not Yet Determined Bv Carolyn Pearce Staff Writer Spanish instructions were installed this year inside Carrboro voting booths, making voting for non-English speaking Hispanics easier. But Orange County Board of Elections Director Carolyn Thomas said the board does not know how the bilin gual ballot instructions affected voter turnout in Nov. f>’s election because it does not calculate the numbers of Hispanics who vote. “We won’t start keeping those num bers until 2002,” Thomas said. Thomas added that the mayoral and Back by JSS7M2S SCHOOL popular WfflStmm. budget demand at GRI L L SPECIALS 929-6551 1071 Franklin St., Chapel Hill (Eot-mortafee^itooMTtodellwry, @ © © ©I ©| ©|© any salad ...m, Imimum IfHINIaC 12" steak shrimp or gyro or chicken any full or platter super Burger |f ||lt| j| combs flounder plotter pits combo size sub I Student Service www.studenthealth.unc.edu I NEWS) YOUR GUIDE TO THE LATEST HEALTH I INTRO Center for Healthy Student Behaviors: your Student Health Service resource center for health and wellness. Student Health Service Update on Bioterrorism These days, it’s hard to turn on the radio, flip on the television, or pick up the DTH without hearing about bioterrorism and its effects on society. This issue of HEALTH NEWS explores some fundamental questions about bioterrorism and Student Health Services response to this campus-wide concern. Where does anthrax derive its name? Bacillus anthraeis, the organism that causes anthrax, derives its name from the Greek word for coal, anthraeis, because ol its abil ity to cause black, coal-like skin lesions What are the symptoms of anthrax? Symptoms usually appear within 1-10 days after exposure Common symptoms ol anthrax include: lever, flu-hke symptoms, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or a sore, especially on the face, arms, or hands. What is the difference between exposure and infection? Exposure to anthrax may occur if a person has been in contact with or in the presence of anthrax spores, depending on how the anthrax was released, where it was released, and where they were relative to the release site. Being exposed does not necessarily mean that a person will become infected. People may be exposed without actually being infected, is anthrax contagious to others? Inhalation anthrax (caused by breathing in spores) and gastrointes tinal anthrax (caused by ingesting spores or bacteria) are NOT spread from person to person. Even if you develop symptoms of inhalation or gastrointestinal anthrax, you arc NOT contagious to other persons, regardless of whether you are taking antibiotics or not. Cutaneous (skin) anthrax docs NOT usually develop into a serious infection if it is treated with antibiotics. Discharge from skin spores caused by cutaneous anthrax can contain anthrax spores that can be controlled by proper bandaging. Has there ever been an epidemic of anthrax in the past? During April 1979, an accidental aerosolized release of anthrax November 26th ~ World AIDS Day| Massachusetts Y Signing Bonos Program Everyone had a favorite teacher. 0 Now's your chance to be one! 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Alderman-elect John Herrera said he thinks the bilingual ballot made a big difference in his election. Herrera’s election marks the first time a first-generation Latino immigrant has held a position in municipal government in North Carolina in recent memory. Each voter received three different ballots when voting -one for the munic ipal government, one for school board spores occurred among people who lived or worked within a short distance from a Soviet military microbiology facility in Sverdlovsk. At least 79 cases and 68 deaths occurred, constituting the largest documented epidemic of inhalation anthrax in history. Arc there any examples of bioterrrorism on US. soil? In September 1984, the intcnlional contamination of salad bars in Oregon rcstauranls with the organism that causes salmonella food poisoning by members of a religious commune (the Rajnecshcc cult) resulted in 751 cases of clinical illness and 45 hospitaliza tions. Although the group was suspected, ihe origin of the epi demic as a deliberate biological attack was not confirmed unlil a cult member admitted to the attack in 1985. Can I get a smallpox/anthrax vaccine at the SHS or can you write me a prescription for antibiotics just in case there is a local bioterrorism event? Vaccines for these agents arc not available to health care person nel or the general public. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has an emergency supply of smallpox vaccine that can be used in ihe event of an outbreak as the vaccine can lessen the severity of or even prevent illness if given within four days of exposure. Routine vaccination against smallpox ended in 1972. The level of immunity in those vaccinated before 1972 is uncertain, therefore, these persons are assumed to be suscepti ble. The course of action for preventing anthrax after exposure in the civilian population would be with antibiotics. Currently, ihe CDC has enough antibiotics to treat two million persons exposed to anthrax. If there is a local outbreak, the CDC has emergency supplies available that can be airlifted to the site in a matter of hours. The indiscriminate use of antibiotics may cause increased resistance to currently available antibiotics, and thus, should be avoided. What credible sources can I use for information? The CDC is a credible source. You can access the CDC website by going to the SHS webpage. Under the spotlight section, there is a link to the CDC which can be accessed by clicking on Public Health Preparedness for Biological and Chemical Terrorism. and one for the $75 million bond. “It can be confusing when you get three colors of paper, you don’t know,” Herrera said. “It did help get me elected.” Herrera added that it is important for minorities to have a good experience at the voting booths. “People take a lot of time to go vote,” he said. “It is frustrat ing to not know what you are doing when you go to the voting booths.” But other members of the Hispanic community questioned the effectiveness of the bilingual ballot. Jacques Menache, owner of El Chilango restaurant in Carrboro, said he thinks the majority of Hispanic voters already speak fluent English. 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