What happened to level-3 BIOLABS in New Orleans?

[moodforaday]

Can anyone shed some light on this?

MemoryBlog: Infectious Disease Research in and Around New Orleans
Infectious Disease Research in and Around New Orleans

Summary: At the very least, there are two Level-3 biolabs in New Orleans and a cluster of three in nearby Covington. They have been working with anthrax, mousepox, HIV, plague, etc. There are surely other labs in the city.

Here's a great tip for all reporters looking for a completely new - and extremely important - angle on the situation in New Orleans. As far as I can tell, no one has yet mentioned the biological research labs located in and around NOLA. For example, in nearby Covington, Tulane University runs the Tulane National Primate Research Center, a cluster of Level-3 biological labs containing around 5,000 monkeys, most of which are housed in outdoor cages. According to an article in Tulane University Magazine, "The primary areas of focus today at the Tulane National Primate Research Center are infectious diseases, including biodefense related work, gene therapy, reproductive biology and neuroscience. The Tulane primate center is playing a key role in the federal strategic plan for biodefense research."

So what happened to these diseased monkeys living outside in cages? Granted, Covington didn't get hit nearly as hard as NOLA, but it still got hit.

According to the Sunshine Project, which digs up grant proposals and other primary documents from the US biowarfare effort, "Tulane scientists are working with anthrax, plague, and other biological weapons agents."

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http://www.thememoryblog.org/archives/000588.html

[whistle]

1. Has Tulane University been underwater as well

[moodforaday]

3. Not just Tulane

here's more form the article:

-- Louisiana State University’s Medical School has a Level-3 biolab in the Clinical Sciences Research Building located at 533 Bolivar Street. According to grant applications, LSU’s facility was the site of research involving anthrax and genetically-engineered mousepox. And that’s just what we know about.

-- The State of Louisiana has a Level-3 biolab in New Orleans.
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-- And let’s not forget the New Orleans Medical Complex, which contains over 40 blocks of hospitals and biomedical research facilities. According to this website, it’s been severely flooded.

[Triana]

2. BLAST this to the media...

...surely someone would cover it. ?

[moodforaday]

4. I've emailed Olbermann

Any other ideas who this might be forwarded to?

[CountAllVotes]

5. that is why it is in a lockdown mode

Probably lots of death. The incubation period for many diseases has not yet passed in order for them to manifest. Throw in these additional biological weapons of mass destruction that were stupidly housed at these places and OMG, damn right I am scared! Give it another 2 weeks and you will very well be witnessing life/death in hell all over the USA. Just my opinion. :tinfoilhat: and :scared:

[theHandpuppet]

6. I made several posts on these labs several days ago

Both the labs at Tulane and LSU but the discussion didn't gain much traffic here. Unfortunately the search function is not available at this time. When/if it comes back up you can do a search for my username and the keywords "Tulane" and "bioterrorism".

[CabalPowered]

7. According the google map overlay someone posted earlier..

I can't find the thread right now but I clicked on Tulane and it said no water had flooded there. I didn't try Covington though.

[grasswire]

8. I asked that question yesterday

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4701906&mesg_id=4701906

[lovuian]

9. No wonder Bush wants everybody out of there!!!

This could be a cess pool for a major epidemic outbreak!!!