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U.S. Military Mistakenly Ships Live Anthrax To Nine States

posted by CoolHand on Thursday May 28 2015, @09:09PM   Printer-friendly
from the suspicious-white-powder dept.

jbWolf sent in:

The U.S. military mistakenly sent live anthrax bacteria to laboratories in nine U.S. states and a U.S. air base in South Korea, after failing to properly inactivate the bacteria 11 months ago. The anthrax was initially sent from a Utah military lab and was meant to be shipped in an inactive state as part of efforts to develop a field-based test to identify biological threats. No one appears to have developed any symptoms, but have been given treatments as a precaution.

What went wrong? What are the best way to handle diseases such as this?

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 28 2015, @09:18PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 28 2015, @09:18PM (#189335)

    WTF are they doing with anthrax at an air base in South Korea? Is this the new standard in scientific research on dangerous organisms?

    <sarcasm>Maybe that's where they load the chemtrail tanks on aircraft</sarcasm>

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  • (Score: 2) by Tork on Thursday May 28 2015, @10:37PM

    by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Thursday May 28 2015, @10:37PM (#189371)
    It wasn't weaponized anthrax. Yes it was stupid. No, nobody's lives were in serious danger.
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  • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Friday May 29 2015, @11:33AM

    by Thexalon (636) on Friday May 29 2015, @11:33AM (#189613)

    WTF are they doing with anthrax at an air base in South Korea?

    Perhaps thinking about ways it can be transmitted to North Korea? Yes, that's an atrocity, but I wouldn't put it past people in the US military structure to do it.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 29 2015, @04:18PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 29 2015, @04:18PM (#189718)

      So how long until they have a false flag involving brown terrywrists and this thrax. Would make a good cover,ship it everywhere, say oops, one year later....