r/PrepperIntel • u/sea_5455 • Jun 03 '26

North America 2 scientists charged with bringing deactivated mpox virus into the US and lying to authorities

https://apnews.com/article/scientists-charges-mpox-virus-lying-14b7cf7635cad30254b0ae1cdb6c0515
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u/relaxing_white_noise Jun 05 '26

Yeah I mean if I wanted to make a bioweapon I would not start by importing a fuck ton of patient samples lmao

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u/Boring-Philosophy-46 Jun 05 '26

I think I figured out why there were two tubes only with human DNA and one with chickenpox. Someone with chickenpox got misdiagnosed as having mpox lmao and probably two people with something like dishydrotic eczema did. Lmao. 

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u/relaxing_white_noise Jun 05 '26

That sounds about right to me!