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Riley asked:

"Last time I checked, Fort Deterick was exactly the right place to be handling biologically-dangerous materials. That’s what they do there, isn’t it? Correct me if I’m wrong.

Well, the point of posting this thread was made in the excerpt...then why the lack of details? At least one "official" seems to express some concern with such a lack of forthcoming details.

"An official with the union that represents workers at Maryland's Fort Detrick said he's troubled by the lack of details . . ."

[ansel12]

The Frederick News-Post reports that medical waste generated by the treatment of an Ebola-exposed patient at the National Institutes of Health was incinerated at Fort Detrick last month. An installation spokeswoman said the waste was not infectious and had been processed through a sterilization device before being taken to the fort.

So far there is no story.

[Riley]

Yes- I got that. He’s a union representative. Is it out of the norm for the union guy to not be in the loop for stuff like this? I don’t know, but whenever I see a union rep complaining to the press, my suspicions about motives switches on. I don’t often see union people going to the press the press for reasons that aren’t self-serving or politically motivated. Also- in what capacity to union people at the base handle seriously biologically-hazardous material? I wouldn’t suppose that they’d transport it on a regular truck that might say, allow themselves to stop blocking a railroad crossing in traffic and get t-boned by a train.

I don’t know, maybe they do.