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Deadly Virus Missing Gavelston National Laboratory

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A vial containing a potentially harmful virus has gone missing from a laboratory at the University of Texas Medical Branch, officials said.

The missing vial, which 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.

Scott Weaver, the laboratory's scientific director, said Guanarito is an emerging disease that has caused deadly diseases in Venezuela. The federal government prioritizes it for research because it has the potential to be used a weapon for terrorists.

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Wow!
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Honestly, there are worse things to be afraid of these days.
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RangerX wrote:Honestly, there are worse things to be afraid of these days.
Yeah, like Obamacare!
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Jim wrote:
RangerX wrote:Honestly, there are worse things to be afraid of these days.
Yeah, like Obamacare!
Yeah and we'll empty our bank accounts paying for that one . . .grrrrr


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Jim wrote:
RangerX wrote:Honestly, there are worse things to be afraid of these days.
Yeah, like Obamacare!
Yeah and we'll empty our bank accounts paying for that one . . .grrrrr


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Article says it likely stuck to a finger or glove or maybe was 'accidently' destroyed in cleaning or something.........

Those darn pesky vials, always falling under the counters or behind the radiator or in the recycle bin or whatever.
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Lefty wrote:Article says it likely stuck to a finger or glove or maybe was 'accidently' destroyed in cleaning or something.........

Those darn pesky vials, always falling under the counters or behind the radiator or in the recycle bin or whatever.
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Fairly certain I saw some guy in a black jump suit pumping that crap into a drone on a hill on my drive home.
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Silverback wrote:Fairly certain I saw some guy in a black jump suit pumping that crap into a drone on a hill on my drive home.
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Silverback wrote:Fairly certain I saw some guy in a black jump suit pumping that crap into a drone on a hill on my drive home.

Did the drone develop Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever? I also wonder if the drone might have been piloted by the short-tailed cane mouse as Wikipedia lists them as the main carrier...
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Silverback wrote:Fairly certain I saw some guy in a black jump suit pumping that crap into a drone on a hill on my drive home.
This the guy ? :Image
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5 vials.........5 different types of "bad"
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