Nonetheless, this is the latest in a serious of failures at the CDC. In August, a scientist declined to tell superiors that a worker mixed a lethal strain of bird flu with a more benign one which was shipped out to another laboratory. The dangerous bird flu cocktail was administrated to chickens as part of a US Department of Agriculture study, in which all of the chickens ended up dying. When USDA officials took another look at the sample, they discovered the lethal strain. No people fell ill due to the bird flu strain, the Associated Press reported, but it apparently remained in circulation for months. In July, a Maryland facility reported that more than 300 vials containing influenza, dengue, and other pathogens were discovered in an unused storage room. And in June, 80 CDC employees were exposed to live anthrax during the transportation of samples from one lab to another. That revelation led to a House Oversight Committee hearing over the CDC’s adherence to safety protocol measures.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 20:00:05 +0000
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