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Word: hyperalert (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2001-2001
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...nation already buzzing on hyperalert, almost any outbreak of an unusual malady was sure to raise the specter of a bioterrorist attack (see story below). Last week there were two such reports: an anthrax death in Florida and a cluster of cases of a virulent hemorrhagic fever along the Afghan-Pakistani border. Easy to forget but worth remembering is the fact that bacteria and viruses, even unconventional ones, do occasionally sweep through human hosts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Telling Disease From Terror | 10/15/2001 | See Source »

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