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

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, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 29 2015, @02:31AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 29 2015, @02:31AM (#189450)

    much more worried about "live" flu viruses accidentally being shipped

    "Live" flu is shipped all the time. People travel on boats.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 29 2015, @03:00PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 29 2015, @03:00PM (#189686)

    Indeed, people even disperse it in air. It's called sneezing.