Plane Carrying Viruses Crashes in Canada (WTF?)

[NVMojo]

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) - A cargo plane carrying small amounts of flu virus crashed on railway tracks near Winnipeg's city center Thursday, killing the pilot but missing buildings and vehicles, authorities said.

The research samples of frozen influenza and herpes viruses were destroyed in the crash and ensuing fire along with other freight, Federal Express spokeswoman Karen Cooper said.

She said the Cessna 208 was owned by Morningstar Air Express of Edmonton and was under contract to FedEx.

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[xchrom]

1. truth is stranger than fiction.

that makes ya feel secure, doesn't it?

[NNadir]

2. Let's be clear.

Unless scientists can transport viral material, albeit at some risk, there will be very little opportunity to address this disease. I would strongly suggest that the risk from a shipment of viral material to an investigating laboratory is somewhat lower than the risk of doing nothing at all. The virus is going to get here one way or another, whether it does so in a Federal Express box, or whether it does so in the flesh of a person traveling here from Asia.

Stupidity about risk is more deadly than that package will ever be.