Bunny Bacteria found in DC

Via Reuters/Yahoo:

US finds fever bacteria during war protest weekend

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Small amounts of a bacteria that causes "rabbit fever" were found on Washington's National Mall last weekend as thousands of protesters marched against the Iraq War, U.S. health authorities said on Saturday.

The article goes on to say that the bacteria occurs naturally and wasn't a problem for the protesters:

District of Columbia health officials told local radio station WTOP on Saturday the detected bacteria was not harmful and probably occurred naturally.

But this cute little disclaimer shows up near the end of the article:

The CDC also said the bacteria can be used as a weapon if made into an aerosol that could be inhaled.

"The bacteria that cause Tularemia occur widely in nature and could be isolated and grown in quantity in a laboratory, although manufacturing an effective aerosol weapon would require considerable sophistication," the CDC said.

The Washington Post said the germ that causes tularemia is considered a biohazard because it is highly infectious and was tested in the 1960s by the United States as a biological weapon (emphasis mine).

OK, I'll be the first to say it. How long before some of the "regular" Americans that attended Mother Sheehan's hatefest accuse the Bush administration of trying to kill them through biological warfare?

--Update 1 2:50 PM: Rightwingsparkle has a different and disturbing take on this.

--Update 2 3:22 PM: This is funny - from Slobokan’s Site O’ Schtuff

--Update 3 3:57 PM: Welcome Rightwingsparkle readers!