Mix-up leads to release of virulent H5N1 virus
A Baxter official said that no one was infected due to the mix up as the situation was handled at the highest level of containment. The incident, however, has not gone well with the medical community.
H5N1 VIRUS, which is behind a number of bird flu pandemics across the world, was sent by an Australian lab to Czech Republic, where it was given to ferrets by accident. This incident posed the risk of this virus escaping into the wild and also mixing up with a human strain, which could spawn a dangerous hybrid.
However, scientists later found that the particular sample contained live H5N1, which is used by Baxter to make vaccines. It was found that the two samples were mixed in error and could have posed a major hazard.
A Baxter official said that no one was infected due to the mix up as the situation was handled at the highest level of containment. The incident, however, has not gone well with the medical community as it warned of a disaster if such a virulent strain spreads.
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.Why the hell is this not being widely reported? Especially in the US media? Why the hell do we get 24-7 coverage of the Octomom but not important stories like this??!
It's not being reported because they're too busy making $$$ off the drug company ads that tell you how good vaccines are for you.
This could have killed hundreds of thousands (if not millions)....but it would have turned into a goldmine for Baxter. What a happy little coincidence for them.......I guess their "proprietary secret" is how they cause the pandemic that they have the "cure" for.
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