Posted on 07/16/2014 7:03:56 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
The same federal scientist who recently found forgotten samples of smallpox at a federal lab also uncovered over 300 additional vials, many bearing the names of highly contagious viruses and bacteria.
Food and Drug Administration officials said Wednesday the undocumented collection contained 327 carefully packaged vials, listing pathogens like dengue, influenza and rickettsia. Last week the government only disclosed that it had recovered six glass vials of smallpox dating from the 1950s.
The new revelations raise serious concerns about the government's ability to secure its collections of potentially deadly pathogens.
"The reasons why these samples went unnoticed for this long is something we're actively trying to understand," said FDA deputy director for biologics Dr. Peter Marks.
The samples, including those labeled smallpox, were found in 12 boxes in a corner of a cold storage room at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, that has been used by the Food and Drug Administration since 1972. FDA officials estimate the collection was assembled between 1946 and 1964 by government scientists.
"The fact that these materials were not discovered until now is unacceptable," said Karen Midthun, of FDA's director for biologics.
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“The fact that these materials were not discovered until now is unacceptable,” said Karen Midthun, of FDA’s director for biologics.
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So, why didn’t you discover them in a timely fashion, Karen?
Because anything undocumented is to be ignored
but you farmers trying to sell unpasteurized milk - watch out - we are going to get you!!!!
It makes me feel really safe to know that a bunch of incompetent bureaucrats keep samples of dangerous viruses and then manage to lose/misplace them.
The Feds are completely incompetent in almost everything they do. And we are to trust them with Obomacare?
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