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US biolab accidents going unreported The Intercept
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Posted on 11/03/2022 4:18:28 PM PDT by navysealdad

Directors of America's biolabs have admitted to hundreds of dangerous accidents in the past two decades, but even incidents involving exposure to deadly viruses have been kept from public view, an investigation by The Intercept has revealed.

"People have it in their minds that lab accidents are very, very rare, and if they happen, they happen only in the least well-run overseas labs," Rutgers University molecular biologist Richard Ebright told the media outlet. "That simply isn't true."

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1 posted on 11/03/2022 4:18:28 PM PDT by navysealdad
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To: navysealdad

It’s ok, they are doing it to protect democracy.


2 posted on 11/03/2022 4:19:19 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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Can’t they run these labs in a place where an accident won’t cause the potential loss of someone who may make a future contribution to the betterment of mankind such as DC or palestine?


3 posted on 11/03/2022 4:24:11 PM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: dsrtsage

Put these biolabs in the basements of the FBI, CIA, DOJ, ATF, IRS, etc., after moving them to Islands in the Antarctic. Just to be sure.


4 posted on 11/03/2022 4:36:18 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (Baruch Ha Ba Ba Shem Adonai!)
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To: navysealdad

Universities are not really able to safely self-monitor. Waaaaaaay too many PI have the God complex and are willing to do and act how ever they feel to do so. Regular safety protocols are self-compliance with rudimentary or merely perfunctory in nature.


5 posted on 11/03/2022 4:56:04 PM PDT by fuente (Liberty resides in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box--Fredrick Douglas)
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To: navysealdad

I believe it was Douglas Adams who said that those building completely foolproof systems always underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

I would go further to state that believing you can make a foolproof system demonstrates that you are a complete fool.

These labs only exist because people believe in foolproof systems.


6 posted on 11/03/2022 5:30:20 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: fuente

Fauci is one! Said the risk of a pamdemic was worth it for the gain of function research.


7 posted on 11/03/2022 5:31:23 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: for-q-clinton

It’s ok, they are doing it to protect democracy.


Lol!!

We need to say this/mock them with this….on EVERYTHING.

GOOD job!!


8 posted on 11/03/2022 5:32:03 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: navysealdad

but bend a piece of metal and drill a couple holes in it,

and the wrath of the federal government will fell on you...


9 posted on 11/03/2022 5:49:47 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Jane Long
exactly what I've started doing since I created this quote:


10 posted on 11/03/2022 5:52:52 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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To: Jane Long
And this one


11 posted on 11/03/2022 5:57:44 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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To: for-q-clinton

Excellent!

Will share...especially with my annoying lib relatives.


12 posted on 11/03/2022 5:59:00 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: navysealdad

There is no excuse for these leaks. They have to be due to incompetence, laziness and poor maintenance.


13 posted on 11/03/2022 7:04:38 PM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (I went to bed on November 3rd 2020 and woke up in 1984.)
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To: fuente

“Universities are not really able to safely self-monitor.”

I agree. Any lab conducting BSL3 level research and above needs periodic outside evaluation. In house Biosafety committees are not sufficient.


14 posted on 11/03/2022 7:10:17 PM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (I went to bed on November 3rd 2020 and woke up in 1984.)
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