{"id":12098,"date":"2015-09-11T06:00:12","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=12098"},"modified":"2015-09-11T06:04:02","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T11:04:02","slug":"us-military-admits-it-misplaced-black-plague-samples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=12098","title":{"rendered":"US Military Admits It “Misplaced” Black Plague Samples"},"content":{"rendered":"

US Military Admits It “Misplaced” Black Plague Samples<\/a><\/h3>\n

Back in May, the US military was\u00a0forced to admit<\/a>\u00a0that it had done something really stupid and what\u2019s great about the story is that it requires very little in the way of explanation and\/or added color to explain why what happened can be fairly classified as an example of sheer governmental incompetence. Put differently: this story speaks for itself. Here\u2019s a recap:<\/p>\n

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According to CNN, \u201cfour lab workers in the United States and up to 22 overseas have been put in post-exposure treatment, a defense official said, following the revelation the U.S. military inadvertently shipped live anthrax samples in the past several days.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0The army apparently thought they were shipping samples rendered inactive by gamma radiation last year, but that clearly was not the case because when a Maryland lab received their sample last Friday they were able to grow live Bacillus anthracis. The lab reported their concerns to the CDC. By Saturday afternoon, labs in Maryland, Texas, Wisconsin, Delaware, New Jersey, Tennessee, New York, California and Virginia were notified that the US military had accidentally mailed them the deadly bacteria. A sample sent to a US base in South Korea was destroyed on Wednesday.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That came just a few months after the CDC admitted to mishandling an Ebola sample, potentially exposing a dozen people to the deadliest virus known to mankind.<\/p>\n

Needless to say, the story grabbed headlines across the country as Americans struggled to understand how it\u2019s possible that the US army could possible have managed to unknowingly jeopardize dozens of lives by FedEx-ing live anthrax to nine states and one foreign country.<\/p>\n

Well don\u2019t look now, but\u00a0the DoD is out warning that the army might have also mishandled samples of the black plague\u00a0<\/strong>which isn\u2019t known to be dangerous unless you count the time it wiped out 60% of Europe\u2019s entire population. Here\u2019s more\u00a0from CNN<\/a>:<\/p>\n

…click on the above link to read the rest of the article…<\/p>\n

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