NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya temporarily shut down the Fort Detrick bio-lab due to a severe safety breach. A confrontation between contractors led to a potentially dangerous situation when one researcher deliberately slashed another’s containment suit, risking pathogen exposure. This incident involved a high-security BSL-4 lab dealing with dangerous pathogens like Ebola. The event came to Bhattacharya’s attention shortly after he took charge in March. He described the report, first highlighted by Fox News, as “chilling” and indicative of a poor safety culture at the lab.
Tags #Government, #Health, #Security
Lucem News Editor’s Opinion: If a slashed containment suit and office drama are all it takes to risk a pathogen leak, maybe Fort Detrick should focus less on bio-research and more on adult supervision. Sounds like our tax dollars are funding the world’s most dangerous soap opera.
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