Plum Island was horribly mismanaged and is long believed to be the originator of US Lyme disease.
Initially estimated to cost $451 million, the price tag more than doubled after the National Research Council published a report in 2010 that questioned putting the facility in the heart of cattle country with a history of large, destructive tornadoes.
The northeastern Kansas facility will be the nation’s only large-animal biosafety Level 4 lab, which means it will be able to handle pathogens that do not currently have treatments or countermeasures.
[ + ] ruck_feddit
[ - ] ruck_feddit 2 points 1.5 yearsOct 19, 2023 01:43:44 ago (+2/-0)
The Midwest definitely needs more bullshit spread by ticks or an outbreak of hoof and mouth disease.
[ + ] lord_nougat
[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 1.5 yearsOct 19, 2023 00:45:07 ago (+1/-0)