There is absolutely no risk to the public, and anyone who says otherwise is a racist.
“Deadly bacteria”, and “contamination remains unknown”. So naturally what follows is “no risk to the public”.
Ping...
The place is somewhat isolated but it’s surrounded by subdivisions, homes, and major retail areas all within a mile or so as the crow flies.
I live only about 6 miles away so this is troubling.
Phew. I am so glad they’re not highly poisonous snakes.
The government can’t do anything correctly.
Is it just me but doesn’t it seem that ever since Present Obola took over the White Hut we have had diseases running rampant in our nation?
ANYTHING to divert attention from Netanyahu
This is the way “The Stand” started ....
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
I hate that when that happens.
“Authorities told the newspaper there was no risk to the public, though the extent of the contamination remains unknown”
The predictable typical idiotic statement from “authorities” - it would be hilarious if it wasn’t so pathetically stupid. Sure am glad these morons are in charge!
How could this happen? It is quite simple. The Feds cannot do anything right as there is no accountability. To put it in the vernacular, nobody cares and nobody gives a damn.
Pinging Kart and Marcella!
reminds me of the beginning of the movie Resident Evil. Must be why the govt was preping fora zombie outbreak.
Strangely enough, this bacteria kills the body but leaves the brain intact and the victim hungry for living human flesh.
I agree, there is not much risk to human population from this incident, since acquiring an infection with this bug requires direct contact with a source of infection.
The fact that it can live in the soil makes it worrisome. How is the soil going to be decontaminated? What is the risk that some wild rodent or other animal will encounter the contaminated soil and get the disease, spreading the bacteria further within the environment and among wildlife? If the bacterium can become established in the area, it can be a sporadic risk to humans—much like many other diseases lurking out there in the wild are.
Since all of the monkeys that became sick were exposed (apparently) at the facility’s veterinary hospital, I wonder how the hospital became contaminated. If those BSL3 labs practice the procedures that I have seen used in other BSL3 labs, that should not have happened. Someone was sloppy with protocol. I wonder what the security videos show?
As always, thanks for the ping!