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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: 2) by jbWolf on Friday May 29 2015, @03:05AM

    by jbWolf (2774) <reversethis-{moc.flow-bj} {ta} {bj}> on Friday May 29 2015, @03:05AM (#189464) Homepage

    It's ok. You can make fun of me. No one refrained in all my years of school and jobs. If I'm not being ribbed, I don't feel loved. ;)

    More seriously, I addressed Gravis' issue in this comment [soylentnews.org].

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