Scientist arrested smuggling Ebola?

[lynfowars]

Not MORE Ebola, Eric Pianka's demented students seem determined to make it happen...

"But he only had access to harmless and non-infectious materials, similar to what you'd find in a hospital or university lab. He did not have access to dangerous materials."

Yeah right, and I'm Santa Claus

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http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.1eb625e36e305c62ccc14e75288e023 d.6f1&show_article=1

Scientist arrested for smuggling vials used in Ebola research into US

May 13 12:18 PM US/Eastern

A Canadian scientist has been arrested for smuggling 22 vials stolen from Canada's National Microbiology Lab, used in Ebola and HIV research, into the United States, Canadian and US officials said Wednesday.

Konan Michel Yao, 42, "was taken into custody" while crossing the border from Manitoba province into the western US state of North Dakota on May 5, said a spokeswoman for the Public Health Agency of Canada, which operates the lab.

According to US prosecutor Lynn Jordheim, Yao was detained for carrying unidentified biological materials in vials wrapped in aluminium foil inside a glove and packaged in a plastic bag, along with electrical wires, in the trunk of his car.

Yao said in an affidavit he stole the vials, described as research vectors, from the Winnipeg lab on his last day of work there on January 21.

He told US border guards he was taking them to his new job with the National Institutes of Health at the Biodefense Research Laboratory in Bethesda, Maryland.

US authorities feared their contents could pose a terrorist threat. But tests later showed "they are not hazardous," said Jordheim.

"This turned out not to be a terrorism-related case," he said by telephone from North Dakota. "It appears to be exactly as he (Yao) said. However, he still faces possible charges for smuggling the vials into the United States."

Yao, meanwhile, remains in US custody after waiving his right to bail and preliminary hearings, as he awaits a possible grand jury indictment for smuggling, he said.

A Public Health Agency of Canada spokeswoman told AFP Yao "was working on vaccines for the Ebola virus and HIV, among other things."

"But he only had access to harmless and non-infectious materials, similar to what you'd find in a hospital or university lab. He did not have access to dangerous materials."

The Ivory Coast-born scientist is said to have studied at Laval University in Quebec and briefly worked at the University of Manitoba's plant sciences department.

[gripit]

If the contents of the vials weren't dangerous, then why would he have to smuggle them?!

Aww, look...isn't he cute?

http://www.davidicke.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=297&pictureid=3294

[decim]

Canada is popular with the virii propagators.

Blast from the past.

News Canada
Baxter: Product contained live bird flu virus

By Helen Branswell, THE CANADIAN PRESS

Last Updated: 27th February 2009, 3:26pm

The company that released contaminated flu virus material from a plant in Austria confirmed Friday that the experimental product contained live H5N1 avian flu viruses.

And an official of the World Health Organization’s European operation said the body is closely monitoring the investigation into the events that took place at Baxter International’s research facility in Orth-Donau, Austria.

“At this juncture we are confident in saying that public health and occupational risk is minimal at present,” medical officer Roberta Andraghetti said from Copenhagen, Denmark.

“But what remains unanswered are the circumstances surrounding the incident in the Baxter facility in Orth-Donau.”

The contaminated product, a mix of H3N2 seasonal flu viruses and unlabelled H5N1 viruses, was supplied to an Austrian research company. The Austrian firm, Avir Green Hills Biotechnology, then sent portions of it to sub-contractors in the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Germany.

The contamination incident, which is being investigated by the four European countries, came to light when the subcontractor in the Czech Republic inoculated ferrets with the product and they died. Ferrets shouldn’t die from exposure to human H3N2 flu viruses.

Public health authorities concerned about what has been described as a “serious error” on Baxter’s part have assumed the death of the ferrets meant the H5N1 virus in the product was live. But the company, Baxter International Inc., has been parsimonious about the amount of information it has released about the event.

http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/02/27/8560781.html


Today.

Ministers have signed agreements to secure up to 90 million doses of swine flu vaccine despite the fact that a pandemic has not yet been declared, it was announced today.

The deals with pharmaceutical companies GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Baxter will secure “early supplies” of a vaccine for the newly identified H1N1 strain.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6293951.ece

[gripit]

Canada is popular with the virii propagators.

Blast from the past.

News Canada
Baxter: Product contained live bird flu virus

By Helen Branswell, THE CANADIAN PRESS

Last Updated: 27th February 2009, 3:26pm

The company that released contaminated flu virus material from a plant in Austria confirmed Friday that the experimental product contained live H5N1 avian flu viruses.

And an official of the World Health Organization’s European operation said the body is closely monitoring the investigation into the events that took place at Baxter International’s research facility in Orth-Donau, Austria.

“At this juncture we are confident in saying that public health and occupational risk is minimal at present,” medical officer Roberta Andraghetti said from Copenhagen, Denmark.

“But what remains unanswered are the circumstances surrounding the incident in the Baxter facility in Orth-Donau.”

The contaminated product, a mix of H3N2 seasonal flu viruses and unlabelled H5N1 viruses, was supplied to an Austrian research company. The Austrian firm, Avir Green Hills Biotechnology, then sent portions of it to sub-contractors in the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Germany.

The contamination incident, which is being investigated by the four European countries, came to light when the subcontractor in the Czech Republic inoculated ferrets with the product and they died. Ferrets shouldn’t die from exposure to human H3N2 flu viruses.

Public health authorities concerned about what has been described as a “serious error” on Baxter’s part have assumed the death of the ferrets meant the H5N1 virus in the product was live. But the company, Baxter International Inc., has been parsimonious about the amount of information it has released about the event.

http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/02/27/8560781.html


Today.

Ministers have signed agreements to secure up to 90 million doses of swine flu vaccine despite the fact that a pandemic has not yet been declared, it was announced today.

The deals with pharmaceutical companies GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Baxter will secure “early supplies” of a vaccine for the newly identified H1N1 strain.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6293951.ece

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[mrindigo]

I met her in a club down in Old Soho
where you drink champagne and it tastes just like Cherry Ebola
E-B-O-L-A Ebola.

She walked up to me and she asked me to dance.
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said, "Ebola"
E-B-O-L-A Ebola, E E E Ebola

Well, I'm not the world's most physical guy,
but when she squeesed me tight she nearly broke my spine
Oh my Ebola, E E E Ebola, E E E Ebola. :D


Really though, how could they call a bacteria which feasts on flesh harmless? That's like wearing a meat suit and swimming off the tip of south Africa with the great white sharks.

"Oh they're harmless, go ahead and swim around a bit, make sure you wear these flippers too."

[gilly]

I'm not sure what to make of this story - I've read 2 accounts of it in the last couple of days.

They both stated that there was nothing dangerous in the vials - the scientist had pinched them because he didn't want to have to start his research again from scratch, on changing jobs, and although the facility he pinched them from is a place where ebola is stored, it wasn't ebola (or similar).

Surely he'd have had documented details of his work to date, without the necessity to take the actual product? Maybe not.

The accounts also stated that the hazardous viruses, such as ebola, are monitored much more strictly.

What I found odd was that he was caught out by border patrol, not the police. One of the articles said the lab claimed to have reported the theft to the police, yet the police claimed they'd received no report, and hence, weren't investigating it. It's this contradiction that makes me think there's something dodgy about it.

[onourwayto2012]

Excellent but totally disgusting flick:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?index=96&playnext_from=PL&feature=PlayList&p=A7051906B8483FF2&v=6jwYBuVNnM0&playnext=1

Ebola Syndrome

[decim]

I'm not sure what to make of this story - I've read 2 accounts of it in the last couple of days.

They both stated that there was nothing dangerous in the vials - the scientist had pinched them because he didn't want to have to start his research again from scratch, on changing jobs, and although the facility he pinched them from is a place where ebola is stored, it wasn't ebola (or similar).

Surely he'd have had documented details of his work to date, without the necessity to take the actual product? Maybe not.

The accounts also stated that the hazardous viruses, such as ebola, are monitored much more strictly.

What I found odd was that he was caught out by border patrol, not the police. One of the articles said the lab claimed to have reported the theft to the police, yet the police claimed they'd received no report, and hence, weren't investigating it. It's this contradiction that makes me think there's something dodgy about it.

There was this story recently also.

Flu cultures explode in Swiss train

Published: Tuesday 28 April 2009 09:54 UTC
Last updated: Tuesday 28 April 2009 09:54 UTC

In Switzerland, a parcel containing cultures of the swine flu virus H1N1 has exploded in a train. The cultures were intended for a research centre in Geneva. They are not related to the mutation of the virus that has recently claimed the lives of 150 people in Mexico. Although two people in the train were slightly injured in the explosion, the Swiss authorities say there is no danger of infection.

The cultures had been packed in dry ice to keep them cold. Investigators believe the explosion was caused by excessive pressure in the parcel.

http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/6277257/Flu-cultures-explode-in-Swiss-train

Related?

[gilly]

There was this story recently also.

Flu cultures explode in Swiss train

Published: Tuesday 28 April 2009 09:54 UTC
Last updated: Tuesday 28 April 2009 09:54 UTC

In Switzerland, a parcel containing cultures of the swine flu virus H1N1 has exploded in a train. The cultures were intended for a research centre in Geneva. They are not related to the mutation of the virus that has recently claimed the lives of 150 people in Mexico. Although two people in the train were slightly injured in the explosion, the Swiss authorities say there is no danger of infection.

The cultures had been packed in dry ice to keep them cold. Investigators believe the explosion was caused by excessive pressure in the parcel.

http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/6277257/Flu-cultures-explode-in-Swiss-train

Related?

Yes, I saw that one. Now, what why was that crap on public transport, and just what might cause virus samples to explode???

Somehow, the assurance that these ubiquitous virus samples are not dangerous just doesn't seem very satisfactory to me.