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Illegal medical lab containing bioengineered mice and infectious agents including HIV and herpes discovered in California (www.insider.com)

submitted 3 years ago by fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com to c/news@lemmy.world

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[–] LilDumpy@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago (4 children)

What was illegal about it? Was that warehouse not zoned for labs? Obviously poor storage and labeling practices, but surly (maybe) not illegal?

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[–] MostlyBirds@lemmy.world 83 points 3 years ago* (4 children)

You can't just decide to set up a medical lab and do experiments with infectious diseases and animals without permits and licences and oversight, you know.

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[–] SpicyPeaSoup@kbin.social 32 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Well, this ruins my plans. Goddamn gubmit getting all up in my business.

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[–] MostlyBirds@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago

Shit, my bad.

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[–] Reverendender@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago

Not with that attitude

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[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I thought this was America!!!

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[–] adidson@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a herpes infected mouse is a good guy with a herpes infected mouse

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago

Clearly they were trying to develop a gun that shoots herpes in this lab.

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago

What if we do them on funguses? Those aren't animals that oughta be fine I haven't watched HBO lately or played any video games

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[–] qooqie@lemmy.world 27 points 3 years ago

A lot of stuff sounded illegal. Poor storage is illegal when dealing with bio safety hazards of this level, poor labeling too. Sounded like they didn’t have protocols available or even approved by review boards which is illegal. I doubt they even had proper bio safety ratings which would be illegal in this case. The whole situation sounds extremely dangerous and I hope no harm has been done.

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[–] ultimate_question@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago

It was illegal, and don't call me surly.

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[–] nymwit@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago

oh the mice were surly alright

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