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Live Anthrax Shipped Accidentally To S Korea and US Labs

Posted by samzenpus on from the bad-package dept.

New submitter hamsterz1 writes: U.S. Officials say that the military mistakenly sent live anthrax to laboratories in nine states and an air base in South Korea, after apparently failing to properly inactivate the bacteria. Four lab workers in the United States and up to 22 overseas have been given precautionary medical treatment. The CDC is investigating the incident and Pentagon spokesman Colonel Steve Warren says, "Out of an abundance of caution, [the Defence Department] has stopped the shipment of this material from its labs pending completion of the investigation."

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  1. nice lab you have there by turkeydance · · Score: 4, Funny

    it would be a shame if something.....

  2. Really, Guys? by Greyfox · · Score: 4, Funny

    You'd think NOT GETTING ANTHRAX would be an effective incentive for your lab monkeys to follow the lab's safety protocols. Is it really THAT depressing a workplace environment?
    "Hey Bob! Looks like we need to ship some anthrax to Korea."
    "Ok! Did you make sure it wouldn't kill us before we start handling the samples."
    "Does it really matter?"
    "... No... I guess not..."

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    1. Re:Really, Guys? by garyisabusyguy · · Score: 2

      Reminds me of the opening scene of 'The Stand' when everybody is panicking behind locked doors and one guy makes a run for it with his family

      Just in this version, nobody is panicking and the vehicle making a run for it is the Fedex van

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  3. Live Bullshit Shipped to SF Site Users by Slashdot by Khyber · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://slashdot.org/submission...

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  4. Anthrax Live is awesome, not deadly! by countSudoku() · · Score: 5, Funny

    You guys, Anthrax Live is pretty fucking awesome! Their shows can get loud, but they play all... oh, not the band. Never mind.

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  5. Re:At least they used Fedex... by The+Grim+Reefer · · Score: 4, Funny

    USPS would have misdelivered it.

    KPA North Korean base, air force base in South Korea.

    Meh, what's the difference. Potato, tomato,

  6. Caution by Livius · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Stopping shipments sound like the minimum of caution, not an "abundance".

  7. Re:At least they used Fedex... by roc97007 · · Score: 2

    I think that's his point....

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  8. Re:More info to read! by PeterM+from+Berkeley · · Score: 2

    The link you gave calls the WTC attack a "nuclear demolition". I'm not sure how credible the link is.

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