The CDC seemed to have lost a few vials of stuff lately...
ever wonder if the one lost last year was Ebola-reston? Which in the Hot Zone theme was thought to be airborne.
Deadly Virus Vial Gone Missing From Galveston National Laboratory
http://dailypostal.com/2013/03/25/deadly-virus-vial-gone-missing-from-galveston-national-laboratory/
So where is the deadly virus vial right now? A vial containing a potentially harmful virus has gone missing from a laboratory at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Houston Chronicle reported.
The missing vial that contains less than a quarter of a teaspoon an infectious disease had been stored in a locked freezer, designed to handle biological material safely, within the Galveston National Laboratory on UTMB’s campus, officials said. During a routine internal inspection last week, UTMB officials realized one vial of a virus called Guanarito was not accounted for at the facility.
Galveston National Laboratory....
http://www.utmb.edu/gnl/
Vial Of Deadly Virus Missing From Texas Biolab
http://www.kake.com/news/national/headlines/Vial-Of-Deadly-Virus-Missing-From-Texas-biolab-199959361.html
Monday, March 25, 2013
The Galveston National Laboratory lost one of five vials containing a deadly Venezuelan virus, according to the University of Texas Medical Branch, which owns the $174 million facility designed with the strictest security measures to hold the deadliest viruses in the country.
Like Ebola, the missing Guanarito virus causes hemorrhagic fever, an illness named for “bleeding under the skin, in internal organs or from body orifices like the mouth, eyes, or ears,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“I suspect that they may not ever be able to account for it if it was that kind of human error,” Schaffner said.
Whoa there Nelly....they lost Ebola and Guanarito about the same time frame last year...and...and...
Several years ago Texas had another fright when some monkeys at an ebola lab got loose or something. Similar thing also happened in VA. Security is never 100%.