God only knows why some people do the stuff they do.
Why would anyone ever wanna keep this?
Multiple federal agencies are looking into 15 vials - including 5 alarmingly labeled as 'smallpox' - that were discovered at a pharmaceutical lab outside of Philadelphia (right) Tuesday night. The vials, 10 of which were labeled 'vaccinia' after the virus used to make smallpox vaccines, were discovered by a lab worker who was cleaning out a freezer, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
Smallpox was eradicated with a successful mass vaccination campaign after it killed an estimated 300 million people in the 20th century alone. Samples of the deadly virus are only supposed to be kept in two labs: the CDC headquarters in Atlanta and the Vector Institute in Koltsovo, Russia.
The FBI and CDC are now investigating Tuesday's discovery. 'There is no indication that anyone has been exposed to the small number of frozen vials,' a CDC spokesperson told Yahoo News, which broke news of the finding. 'The frozen vials labeled "Smallpox" were incidentally discovered by a laboratory worker while cleaning out a freezer in a facility that conducts vaccine research in Pennsylvania.' The discovery took place at the Merck Upper Gwenydd facility in North Wales, about 30 mi northwest of Philadelphia, according to WCAU.
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