Vials of deadly virus accidentally discovered at Pennsylvania research facility while cleaning freezer: CDC

Fox ^ | 11-17-21 | Pilar Arias

[Meah]

Several frozen vials labeled "smallpox" were discovered by a laboratory worker while cleaning out a freezer in a facility that conducts vaccine research in Pennsylvania, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed to Fox News.

"There is no indication that anyone has been exposed to the small number of frozen vials," a CDC spokeswoman said via email

CDC, its administration partners and law enforcement are investigating the matter and the vials’ contents appear intact. The laboratory worker who discovered the vials was wearing gloves and a face mask. The organization will provide further details as they are available.

According to Yahoo News, which cited an alert sent to Department of Homeland Security leadership, the vials were reportedly found in a freezer Monday night at a Merck facility outside Philadelphia.

The closest Merck sites to Philadelphia are the sprawling campuses in West Point and North Wales, Montgomery County, although 6abc Action News could not confirm there are questionable vials inside either building…

[Bikkuri]

"When i was a teenager we used to pick up/scrape dead squirrels off the road, wrap them in foil and lave them in freezers"

o,O

[MikelTackNailer]

We're in the very best of hands.

Meanwhile at the CDC...