In an Oct. , interview with Professor Stuart Levy, a microbiologist at Tufts University, Ira Flatow, the host of the nrp program Science Friday, asked why physicians who treated victims of anthrax infection (or those who had merely been exposed) prescribed ciprofloxacin rather than penicillin. Why were patients given Cipro instead of penicillin? Was this a prudent decision? Explain.