Woops! Killer flu virus accidently sent to 3,700 laboratories

[wum]

f u guys :(

[mapleleaf4ever]

I have no recollection of the event in question... as an Airport Employee I'm going to have to forward that query to the local Authorities. Please expect two large Black Chevy Suburbans with SWAT Teams at your residence shortly to abduct your family and pets to maintain your silence. Have a nice day! :)

[cubed]

so wummy, when do you get your black nikes and "special koolaid"???

[BongMan]

Originally Posted by mapleleaf4ever

You ever stop to think that maybe the Government is just doing it's job and keeping the Country working and not out to brainwash us all?

but that would make sense and that would probably make Wums head go pop.

[MissBehavior]

Originally Posted by cubed

so wummy, when do you get your black nikes and "special koolaid"???

"You must spread some Karma around before giving it to cubed again."

We should all be so lucky.

[set2hate]

we should all be so lucky that this killer flu offs wum.

[acidic_liquid]

Uhhh... I think wum has a point.


*dodges flames*

[MissBehavior]

Originally Posted by acidic_liquid

Uhhh... I think wum has a point.


*dodges flames*

Regardless of whether he has a point or not, no one can take him seriously for all the BS he's been spewing since he got here.

I personally think he's full of shit and (dare I say it?!?!) worse than fucking Mark Paul.

[ƒORM]

Found by Canadian lab
It was not until March 26 that a laboratory in Canada discovered the presence of the virus and alerted Canadian health officials, who in turn notified the World Health Organization and CDC, Gerberding said.

Five days later, the lab was advised "to undertake a full stem-to-stern assessment" and, on April 8, the lab determined that the panels were the source, Gerberding said.

The threat had gone unnoticed for more than six months because the labs that received the panels would have characterized the virus only as an A or B strain and would not necessarily have characterized it further, she said.

She added that she did not know what led the Canadian lab to take the extra steps to identify the virus.

The laboratories have been asked to report back to the college when the specimens have been destroyed, a process "that will take some time," Gerberding said.

Dr. Jared Schwartz, a spokesman for the College of American Pathologists, which distributed the virus, acknowledged its distribution was a mistake.

He said records indicate the vendor knew it was sending a flu virus but apparently did not realize it was the deadly strain.

In addition to the United States and Canada, the other countries that got the panels are Bermuda, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Taiwan. It also went to Hong Kong.

Schwartz said his organization will ask the CDC to approve strains sent out for testing in the future, and that samples will be limited to pathogens covered by current vaccines.

"This is the first time, thank God, that we have had, in any of our proficiency testing, issues focused on as a potential problem," he said. "It's regrettable, and a lot of communication needs to be improved to be sure that this doesn't happen again. And we're going to be working with the CDC to make sure of that."

Laurie Garrett, author of "The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World out of Balance," said the mistake underscores problems with the U.S. public health safety net.

"We've invested billions of dollars into alleged bioterrorism preparedness and to alleged preparedness for avian and pandemic influenza," she said. "This is a sorry indicator of how well the money has been spent."

[wum]

check this shit out:

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or

back up link


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