[IndispensableDestiny]

They've had problems for years. The scientists work in an old crappy building. A brand new replacement facility has been standing there without any move to occupy it and close down the old facility. That take's money the Army didn't budget for.

The lab's most recent problems came to light when the steam fired decontamination system (basically huge autoclave) was wrecked by flooding. Instead of fixing it (the new facility would take of things), they switched to chemical decontamination. The workers there did not handle the chemical waste properly and things went to hell.

[SeekAndFind]

God forbid smallpox, which we have already eradicated, comes back because of accidental mishandling!!