More from the story:
When Fallon responded to the accident, she touched one of the crates and she was hissed at by one of the monkeys. She then realized they weren’t cats. She said that she walked through their feces on the road and that she also had an open cut on her hand when she was moving the crates.
Fallon said that the day after the accident she developed a cough and pink eye. She said she had symptoms that got worse — which she also described as “COVID symptoms” — so she had to go to Geisinger Medical Center in Danville.
Fallon is now being monitored and has been given rabies and anti-viral medication.
The CDC had responded to the site of the accident to help find the monkeys and they had advised Fallon to watch for cold symptoms. The CDC said that the monkeys who had escaped posed a health risk to the public. They had been searching for the monkeys including with helicopters. The CDC said the missing monkeys have now been accounted for. Macaques are very valuable for experimental research — they can be worth $10,000 and demand for them has increased during the coronavirus for vaccine research. Despite that, the CDC said that three of the monkeys that had escaped had been euthanized. The Department of Health and Human Services also advised first responders and anyone else who had been on the scene and come in contact with the monkeys to get checked out.
Geez. Nice to know that Wuhan isn't the only medical experimentation set-up with lousy, lax safety protocols. Why were these infected animals being hauled around in a vehicle with such lax biohazard controls?
What else is the CDC transporting around the country in such lackadaisical fashion that could pose a serious health threat to the public?
It seems to be that the real risk to the public health comes from the CDC itself.
