There was blood and other bodily fluids in Gatorade bottles labeled in Mandarin, samples of at least 20 potentially infectious agents including malaria, dengue fever, and COVID-19 — and a pungent odor from what turned out to be nearly 1,000 mice.
There was blood and other bodily fluids in Gatorade bottles labeled in Mandarin, samples of at least 20 potentially infectious agents including malaria, dengue fever, and COVID-19 — and a pungent odor from what turned out to be nearly 1,000 mice.
Almost a month ago that charges were brought up. Interesting that this article from 3 days ago is claiming so many unknowns and mystery about this facility since it’s really old news and most of those questions have been answered:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr/operator-central-california-bio-lab-indicted-distributing-adulterated-and-misbranded
The original discovery was made 4.5 months ago:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/officials-believe-fresno-warehouse-was-site-illegal-laboratory-rcna96756
Edit: This might be the original news source that broke the story:
https://midvalleytimes.com/article/news/2023/07/25/investigation-on-reedley-building-uncovers-bio-health-hazards/
Yeah it definitely comes across as clickbait for the tinfoil hats.
It definitely is. They go out of their way to avoid mentioning that they discovered they were making testing kits for various infectious diseases (which explains why you’d want samples of said diseases).
This information was in the original report that broke the story and the in the charging report:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr/arrest-made-central-california-bio-lab-investigation
As I mentioned in a comment below, the word “test” appears nowhere in the “Scripps News” report.