“CDC Director Tom Frieden has called the reporting delay the ‘most distressing’ aspect of several recent incidents involving the mishandling of dangerous pathogens at the nation’s labs, including potentially exposing dozens of employees to live anthrax. +
“Last month, several vials of long-forgotten smallpox virus were discovered in a building on the Bethesda campus of the National Institutes of Health.”
The internal CDC investigation into the flu lab incident found:
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“no approved laboratory-specific operating procedures existed for the work being done.”
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“There were no written records to document the procedures performed.”
(All of this is a cover-up, of course. The US is constantly researching and tinkering with dangerous pathogens. It’s why we granted immunity to Japanese scientists who committed war-crimes and conducted heinous BW experiments on humans during WWII in exchange for their research)
“CDC today released the findings of its internal investigation into the May 23, 2014 inadvertent cross-contamination of a low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) A (H9N2) virus sample with a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A (H5N1) virus and the subsequent shipment” +
This is like truckers keeping double-books: one to satisfy the laws; another for actual hours/mileage. Doing work “off the official books” until a snafu occurs then it’s PR containment.
“Overall, we show that SARS-CoV-2 infection induces a robust antigen-specific, long-lived humoral immune response in humans.” nature.com/articles/s4158…
I skimmed this Nature article and didn’t find anything mentioning “inoculation” even though the NYT and Apoorva (who has blocked me) tag it on. (Please correct me if I’m wrong and you find “vaccination” mentioned in the Nature article).
“Designed to provide organizations with a smart way to bring people back to a physical location, such as a workplace, school, stadium or airline flight.” ibm.com/products/digit…
“The conflict centered on Google’s discomfort with a research paper Gebru planned to publish about ethical issues related to technology that underpins some of the company’s key products.” bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
“Using machine learning and deep learning to make predictions about people is powerful stuff. The ability to see demographic shifts in communities in real time through AI opens up incredible possibilities.” theselfpreneur.com/people-in-ai-t…
“To date, little information has been shared publicly about the circumstances of the death of the 13-year veteran of the police force, including any findings from an autopsy that was conducted by DC's medical examiner.” cnn.com/2021/02/02/pol…
“Authorities have reviewed video and photographs that show Sicknick engaging with rioters amid the siege but have yet to identify a moment in which he suffered his fatal injuries, law enforcement officials familiar with the matter said.”
However...
“Capitol Police said that Sicknick had been ‘injured while physically engaging with protesters’ and collapsed as a result of his injuries sometime after returning to his office. He died the next day in a local hospital.”
“Timothy Cunningham, a promising official who aided the CDC in responses to Ebola and Zika outbreaks, went missing in February after leaving work early at his office in Chamblee, Ga.”