The body of a missing CDC researcher has been found:
A body recovered this week from a river in Atlanta has been identified as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention epidemiologist who vanished in February, Atlanta Police Department spokesman Carlos Campos said Thursday.
The remains of Timothy Cunningham, 35, were found Tuesday in the Chattahoochee River in northwest Atlanta, Campos said.
[...] The disappearance prompted a high-profile police search and a $10,000 reward for clues. As days went on, internet rumors circulated that Cunningham's disappearance was tied to his alleged role as a flu vaccine whistle-blower. The rumors were debunked by police and his family. The CDC's director in mid-March issued a statement denying that Cunningham hadn't gotten a promotion and noting that he'd been promoted in July. Atlanta police responded by doubling down on their version of events, citing the CDC as the source of the information.
The Atlanta researcher reported missing more than seven weeks ago likely drowned in the Chattahoochee River, the Fulton County Medical Examiner said Thursday. There were no signs of foul play, investigators said.
Also at WSB-TV Atlanta and TIME.
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A new CDC lab will cost up to $480 million:
The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it needs to replace its aging high containment lab, which handles some of the world's most dangerous contagions.
The project would cost $350 million to build. But over three years, the total budget could reach $480 million, also funding campus infrastructure improvements, such as extending utility tunnels to support the new lab. The CDC is in the early stages of asking Congress for the funds.
In its current "high containment lab" (HCL), the CDC develops and performs diagnostic tests for the deadliest disease threats, including emerging influenza viruses and viral hemorrhagic fevers such as Ebola and Lassa fever.
[...] Without investment, the CDC's current lab will be left with only a fraction of its current research space and the agency will fall behind in protecting, defending and responding to infectious disease threats. In the next few years, it faces a risk of an unplanned and potentially catastrophic shutdown.
Meanwhile, a CDC employee has been missing since he called in sick from work.
Also at Time.
(Score: 4, Funny) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday April 08 2018, @01:03AM
Of course there aren't any signs of foul play. Fishermen gotta be crafty enough to keep up with a million different data points just to pick the best bait for the day. Arranging the perfect murder because some asshole saw you catching fish and threw in right beside you is a cake walk by comparison.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Entropy on Sunday April 08 2018, @01:14AM (3 children)
Mysteriously(assassinated) dies(murdered) under completely normal circumstances. Vaccine industry says nothing to see her, move along! The guy sounds like a hero.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Kilo110 on Sunday April 08 2018, @01:30AM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 1) by milsorgen on Sunday April 08 2018, @02:18AM
We must connect the dots! [heavy.com]
CDC Researcher
“dealing with a virus” and on he was on a secret mission
Found Dead
Ensyma’s Website Prominently Displays Trademarks for the CDC, Department of Energy, Medical Countermeasures Systems, & CERN
Not to mention his massive weapons cache.
I think these two are related! Heck they're both black even!
On the Oregon Coast, born and raised, On the beach is where I spent most of my days...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 08 2018, @06:29PM
i like how the main stream media always tells us "conspiracy theories" have been "debunked" but never points to that oh so solid evidence. as if we're going to believe the freaking media whores. like it would be hard to "brief" the family prior to any press releases going out.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 08 2018, @01:59AM (6 children)
More dead humans, that's what we need. The rest of you stupid lemmings, drown yourselves now.
(Score: 0, Offtopic) by Snotnose on Sunday April 08 2018, @02:27AM (5 children)
You mean all of us, or just the coloreds/brown/poors?
Torpedoes are the only pedos Republicans are willing to fire.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 08 2018, @03:02AM (2 children)
All of you old-ass bastards taking up air, the lot of yous. You should have been dead already anyways.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday April 08 2018, @03:19AM (1 child)
What if our asses are new? They can do that surgically now. Hell, with stem cells they could probably even grow you an entirely new ass just like you had when you were young, down to the DNA.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday April 08 2018, @04:24AM
Didn't South Park try this once? As I recall, it did *not* end well...
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 08 2018, @05:55AM
You seem a bit touchy today. You have a yeast infection or something? Seriously, dude, it doesn't matter what color you are. You aren't part of the ruling class. You're unwanted. Now, go do yourself in.
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Monday April 09 2018, @01:58AM
Not seeing anything offtopic in my post (blacks/browns/poors), why did I get modded offtopic? You can disagree, or troll. But offtopic? IMHO black/brown/poor having Bad Things Happening (TM) to them is not offtopic.
TLDR; I disagree with my moderation, deal.
Torpedoes are the only pedos Republicans are willing to fire.
(Score: 2) by inertnet on Sunday April 08 2018, @10:58AM
That sounds very voodoo, here in Europe we use syringes.
(Score: 2) by Subsentient on Monday April 09 2018, @02:33AM (1 child)
"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." -Jiddu Krishnamurti
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday April 09 2018, @03:03PM
You realize that 2 of the 6 people you mentioned are in fact, dead.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"