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To: wtd

Is it that a vial was sent here from Venezuela and then got sent back so that someone could cause a hemorrhagic outbreak? Or is it that we have a vial, it’s lost, and someone might be planning to let it loose in the general population?


8 posted on 10/04/2014 7:38:01 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: Enterprise
I have no additional information beyond what is posted above...
The last time the vial was used was November 2012, University of Texas Medical Branch spokesman Raul Reyes told ABCNews.com. The University of Texas Medical Branch owns the $174 million biolab, which was designed with the strictest security measures to hold the deadliest viruses in the country. Only one scientist worked with the virus, and Reyes said the lab suspects that scientist accidentally threw the vial away in November.
If this exhibits the strictest security measures , it certainly doesn't inspire confidence.
9 posted on 10/04/2014 7:48:55 PM PDT by wtd
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