Be careful, Michael!

[McGyver]

I hope the "new secret bunker" has a defense against the Bubonic Plague!  LMAO!

http://news.yahoo.com/plague-boulder-colorado-124423854.html

[alfsauve]

I wonder if this is another blunder by the CDC?


Don't know how many of you heard in last Friday's new dump, but the CDC owned up to a researcher mixing a deadly virus with a "regular" one then forgetting he'd done that and shipping it out to research hospitals.

[McGyver]

God forbid, Alf! But ANYTHING is possible nowadays!   

[Michael Bane]

Maybe I can find prairie dog-sized concertina wire!

After this week's Big Ass Snake Encounter (note to local non-venomous snakes...it is in your best interest to NOT look like a rattlesnake...also, to guarantee your continued good health, the parrots' outdoor aviary should NOT be on your tour itinerary!) and today's warning from a neighbor that he'd run off a "big mountain lion" with a couple of warning shots, I'm thinking of mounting the .50 BMG at the front air lock!

Michael B

[jaybet]

Sounds very exciting. Almost like taking a trip to Camden.

[Sponsor]

[tombogan03884]

I hope the "new secret bunker" has a defense against the Bubonic Plague!  LMAO!

http://news.yahoo.com/plague-boulder-colorado-124423854.html

Don't laugh, infected fleas have killed 1/2 the worlds population on occasion.
Can you say "Black Death" ?
Not CDC's fault, another joy of open borders.

[alfsauve]

A follow up on the "little" mix up at the CDC lab, caused by an employee who didn't want to be late to lunch.  Just mixed a little deadly bird flu in with a "benign" variety,  then shipped it to labs without telling them.   Once discovered the CDC of course immediately reported the problem...  NOT.   Oh no, they didn't even tell the other labs until a second lab reported a problem.  You know a problem, like their lab animals died when they shouldn't have.

Timeline:  Mixed and shipped the deadly virus in January.  First lab reported animals dead in March.  Second lab reported problem in June.   CDC finally admits problem in August!

Here's the Washington Post report.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/cdc-scientists-took-shortcuts-handling-deadly-bird-flu-virus-investigation-finds/2014/08/15/893471c8-2403-11e4-86ca-6f03cbd15c1a_story.html


But for a more colorful rendition, how about the Gizmodo slant.

http://gizmodo.com/cdc-scientist-accidentally-ships-deadly-virus-hopes-no-1622561105

And the hits just keep coming from the good folks at the CDC.

Here's how Gizmodo concludes.

To the CDC's credit, "the viral mix was at all times contained in specialized laboratories and was never a threat to the public," according to an internal report. But then that's what they said last time, too. And the time before that. Here's to hoping Ebola's not next.

Oh, well that's already happened, too.  Four researcher were infected with Ebola in Reston, VA a while back.  Fortunately, they did not develop any symptoms and "...at all time contained in specialized laboratories and was never a threat to the public."

btw:  That strain of Ebola has it's own name, Ebola-Reston.

[tombogan03884]

Alf, every form of Ebola carries the name of it's point of origin because they all have slight variations.
If Ebola were to be used as a weapon infected victims could be tested to find the source of the original material.