CDC Transports Anthrax in Ziplock Bags

The Ziplock people must be so proud. Our own CDC, alias the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - you know, the people who work for you with these cherished words proclaiming their mission to work for you ...

Well, Monday they found that some folks at the CDC were transferring some dangerous stuff (anthrax) around in Ziploc bags, storing it in unlocked refrigerators in an unrestricted hallway, and misplacing containers of the stuff. 

And, let's see, some other CDC employees failed to note that the anthrax they shipped to other labs last month wasn't dead, it was still alive. Oops! Oh, and they also failed to post warning signs about possible anthrax exposure for a couple of days, allowing people to just wander into the room "without approval." Seems it took the CDC's on-site clinic five days to examine some lab workers that might have been exposed, and others were told that rather than visiting the clinic, they should just keep "an eye out for signs of anthrax infection."

Huh? Yes, alright, they probably will ask, do you feel OK? Well, if you do, you're probably fine. If you don't, you probably inhaled some of our live samples of anthrax, samples that can kill you in minutes, literally like it destroys the tissue in your brain like acid and you, well, die.

A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee has a hearing scheduled for Wednesday about the anthrax incident last month at the CDC, and it sounds like they'll have plenty to talk about.