Army: 3 vials of virus samples missing from Maryland facility
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Army: 3 vials of virus samples missing from Maryland facility
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Missing vials of a potentially dangerous virus have prompted an Army investigation into the disappearance from a lab in Maryland.
The vials contained samples of Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis, a virus that sickens horses and can be spread to humans by mosquitoes. In 97 percent of cases, humans with the virus suffer flu-like symptoms, but it can be deadly in about 1 out of 100 cases, according to Caree Vander Linden, a spokeswoman for the Army's Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases. There is an effective vaccine for the disease and there hasn't been an outbreak in the United States since 1971.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/22/missing.virus.sample/index.html
We really need to get a grip on these samples and our borders .
The vials contained samples of Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis, a virus that sickens horses and can be spread to humans by mosquitoes. In 97 percent of cases, humans with the virus suffer flu-like symptoms, but it can be deadly in about 1 out of 100 cases, according to Caree Vander Linden, a spokeswoman for the Army's Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases. There is an effective vaccine for the disease and there hasn't been an outbreak in the United States since 1971.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/22/missing.virus.sample/index.html
We really need to get a grip on these samples and our borders .
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Re: Army: 3 vials of virus samples missing from Maryland facility
yes Jas a huge fail.
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Re: Army: 3 vials of virus samples missing from Maryland facility
I googled this, and can't find a story saying this has been resolved. A HUGE FAIL on Obama's watch.
If we can't trust Reich Chancellor Obama, who can we trust?
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