America accidently sends out killer virus

[Rukas]

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Authorities are doing everything possible to ensure samples of a killer influenza virus sent to more than 4,000 laboratories worldwide are destroyed before anyone becomes infected, a top U.S. disease expert says.

"While the risk of the situation is very low, we're not taking any chances and we're doing everything we can to make sure that there is no threat to human health," Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told reporters at a news conference on Wednesday.

On September 10, the College of American Pathologists sent samples of the virus that caused the "Asian flu" pandemic of 1957 to laboratories in 18 countries, including the United States and Canada.

The pandemic killed more than 1 million people, including about 70,000 in the United States.

The samples, part of a package of pathogens sent to laboratories to test their ability to identify them, were last seen in nature in the United States in 1968, Gerberding said. Anyone born since then would presumably have no immunity to the virus, she said.

Authorities are still trying to determine how many laboratories got the samples of the virus, called Influenza A H2N2.

"We're working with officials in all of these countries to take the steps necessary to contain the problem," she said.

Those steps include identifying the panels that contain the virus and destroying those samples by heating them.

Routine disease surveillance so far has turned up no unusual patterns that might indicate the disease had spread in the United States, she said.

I feel safer and safer knowing America is safely in control of such virus.

 

[Jokerman]

Worldwide...OK. We basically gave other countries the means to attack us or anyone else with a weapon of mass destruction. I'm sure all the countries are going to destroy their samples.

 

[Silleone]

Stupid fucking Americans.

 

[Trump Tite]

yeah "accidentaly".....

 

[Trump Tite]

yeah "accidently".....

 

[CalcuoCuchicheo]

Yeah, I heard about this on the news a day or so ago.

I remember hearing a figure of '5 million' being used in the report & I think they were talking about potential deaths if the samples got released.

 

[Nut]

Fuck Amerika !!!

 

[Trump Tite]

^Fuck You!!!!

 

[Bigg Limn]

Fuck Amerika !!!

:thumb:

 

[Bigg Limn]

Stupid fucking Americans.

No, stupid fucking American government.

 

[Jokerman]

Idiots. America didn't do this. The College of American Pathologists sent these samples out. That's not AMERIKKKA, that's one institution in America.

 

[The.Menace]

Wow, how stupid.

 

[Silleone]

No, stupid fucking American government.

Thanks Limn

Stupid Fucking American Goverment

 

[THA WILD]

Idiots. America didn't do this. The College of American Pathologists sent these samples out. That's not AMERIKKKA, that's one institution in America.

Don't bother, it's too inconvenient for them to acknowledge that.

 

[Ghetto_Ghost]

i'll be pissed if i die from that

 

[imported_MAKaveli_10]

damn them.

 

[BC_BIGBUDZ420]

this "accident" smells like bs to me

too many planned factors would have to be in place for such an event to occur

we are talking about enough of a virus to kill hundreds of millions of people

dosent look good

i think we may be on the verge of planned population controll in the near future on a very large scale

the population of the world and the rate our resources are declining is scaring the big heads of the world



bong!

 

[ARon]

Dumb move, but anyway.
How come it is ok for people outside of the US on this board to make fun of the US and sterotype and what not, "Fuck america" thing, but when we Americans do it to others on the board it is not ok, fuck that.

 

[Silleone]

Dumb move, but anyway.
How come it is ok for people outside of the US on this board to make fun of the US and sterotype and what not, "Fuck america" thing, but when we Americans do it to others on the board it is not ok, fuck that.

Any insult givin out by an American to another country can be easily counterd

eg

American:Your countries poor
Someone From Another Country:So.....your countries filled with stupid fat people.

 

[Amara]

Dumb move, but anyway.
How come it is ok for people outside of the US on this board to make fun of the US and sterotype and what not, "Fuck america" thing, but when we Americans do it to others on the board it is not ok, fuck that.

Some of them are from the US, lol. I see it as a mere expression of their inability to properly articulate their grievances or offer any real critical analysis of the situation. If it makes you feel better, you can say "Fuck Australia" and I won't say anything..

While we are on the topic....Australians are stereotyped and made fun of everyday....but we laugh it off and use it to make money (just look at Steve Irwin, made heaps by acting like a stereotypical fool...lol!) :thumb:

Why is it that people refer to it as "America" anyway, afterall America is the continent, well two really, the United States of America is the country.... the generalisation is slightly unfair to the countries that are not involved.