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UK Gov confirms new Foot and Mouth leak

Risky

Spin 

Posted Thursday 22nd November 2007 12:43 GMT

Black Helicopters

Expect, as last time, lots of noise and finger poining at Merial and then later when the story dies, a burried disclosure that it looks like it's at the government facility..........

Andy Worth

Allegedly... 

Posted Thursday 22nd November 2007 12:43 GMT

Allegedly they sent a sample of every known virus through the post and it's gone missing, but that's just speculation....

David

Hmmm 

Posted Thursday 22nd November 2007 12:43 GMT

Boffin

There is a probable foot and mouth outbreak in my a**e too, just mindless drones that have run out of pencils to shove up their a**ses

Hedley Phillips

@ Andy Worth 

Posted Thursday 22nd November 2007 13:34 GMT

"Allegedly they sent a sample of every known virus through the post and it's gone missing, but that's just speculation...."

Very funny.

Made everyone here laugh.

Anonymous Coward

How many more 

Posted Thursday 22nd November 2007 14:44 GMT

How many more leaks does there have to be from pitbright before they close it down and bring in some independant investigators?? It leaked from a valve, sounds like excuses really. You would not catch something escaping from a valve in the CDC it wouldnt make it out of the building.... are these people storing viral samples inside tupperware ?

Mike Richards

Has someone opened a pharaoh's tomb? 

Posted Thursday 22nd November 2007 15:19 GMT

Since Brown took over we've had floods, storms, economic collapse, a run on the banks, plague, pestilence, a meltdown of security and terrorism. It'll be the death of the first born next.

heystoopid

no big surprise ! 

Posted Thursday 22nd November 2007 19:55 GMT

Coat

No big surprise , since 2003 the government of Tony Blair and all his ministers combined have suffered from foot in mouth disease anyway !

Anonymous Coward

Re: opened the pharoah's tomb 

Posted Friday 23rd November 2007 11:42 GMT

Actually ...

http://www.tutankhamunexhibitionlondon.co.uk/

Spooky! Although as I recall the plagues were allegedly brought down by the Christian god (Yaweh, aka God v1.0, from the Old Testament) rather than Egyptian gods - and anyway I don't remember the bit about the bank run in the Bible. :)