@Desmblake @VelvetDuchess

It's not a slow one.

It takes talent to aerosolize anthrax, which I assume is what happened due to use of heavy trenching equipment. Usual anthrax is acquired by direct contact and gives you a slow moving ugly skin ulcer.

This guy presented five weeks after initial infection, was misdiagnosed until a nurse recognized it and sent photos to an infectious disease specialist, and was still well enough to go home within a week.
https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2006/185/5/case-human-cutaneous-anthrax