Illegal lab containing bioengineered mice infected with HIV and herpes in Cali
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Re: Illegal lab containing bioengineered mice infected with HIV and herpes in Cali
#2To quote Steve Gibson: "What could possibly go wrong?"
Re: Illegal lab containing bioengineered mice infected with HIV and herpes in Cali
#3All the transmissibility of herpes with the damage of HIV.
Of course, of course.
Totally safe of course. Zero chance of lab escape. I do hear there are wet markets nearby though…..
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#4This should be really bigger news.
Seperate news reports include claims that the company was "developing COVID19 tests" among other things. This could very well have been funded through pandemic relief grants.
The owners of the building claim no knowledge of the goings on there.
Clearly they were engaged in some nefarious work with extremely minimal safety protocol.
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#5> Wang Zhaolin, a representative of the company operating the lab, Prestige Biotech, told investigators that the mice inside the warehouse had been genetically engineered to catch and spread the COVID-19 virus, according to The San Joaquin Valley Sun.
This fact alone shocks the conscience. Criminal charges should fly swift and fierce against everyone involved in this illegal operation.
What’s horrifying is that this biolab was found on a fluke. How many more covert biolabs is China operating in secret in the U.S.?
Re: Illegal lab containing bioengineered mice infected with HIV and herpes in Cali
#6> Wang Zhaolin, a representative of the company operating the lab, Prestige Biotech, told investigators that the mice inside the warehouse had been genetically engineered to catch and spread the COVID-19 virus, according to The San Joaquin Valley Sun. This fact alone shocks the conscience. Criminal charges should fly swift and fierce against everyone involved in this illegal operation. What’s horrifying is that this…
> How many more covert biolabs is China operating in secret in the U.S.?
Is the company even Chinese?
Re: Illegal lab containing bioengineered mice infected with HIV and herpes in Cali
#7Does anyone have reporting from a higher quality source?
Re: Illegal lab containing bioengineered mice infected with HIV and herpes in Cali
#8> Wang Zhaolin, a representative of the company operating the lab, Prestige Biotech, told investigators that the mice inside the warehouse had been genetically engineered to catch and spread the COVID-19 virus, according to The San Joaquin Valley Sun. This fact alone shocks the conscience. Criminal charges should fly swift and fierce against everyone involved in this illegal operation. What’s horrifying is that this…
> How many more covert biolabs is China operating in secret in the U.S.? Is the company even Chinese?
> Is the company even Chinese?
Seems like yes but with a shady trail of dark corners.
> Yao told officials that Prestige BioTech moved assets belonging to a defunct company, Universal Meditech Inc., to the Reedley warehouse from Fresno after UMI went under. Prestige Biotech was a creditor to UMI and identified as its successor, according to court documents.
> Officials were unable to get any California-based address for either company except for the previous Fresno location from which UMI had been evicted.
> "The other addresses provided for identified authorized agents were either empty offices or addresses in China that could not be verified," court documents said.
Re: Illegal lab containing bioengineered mice infected with HIV and herpes in Cali
#9Does anyone have reporting from a higher quality source?
Previously on HN:
CDC detects coronavirus, HIV, hepatitis and herpes at unlicensed California lab
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36921530
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/officials-believe-fresn...
Re: Illegal lab containing bioengineered mice infected with HIV and herpes in Cali
#10Again, what is the motive? Where is the money coming from?
Secret COVID HIV rats is a Bond villian thing, not something actual criminals do to make a buck.