Live Avian Flu Virus Placed in Baxter Vaccine Materials Sent to 18 Countries

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“But what remains unanswered are the circumstances surrounding the incident in the Baxter facility in Orth-Donau.” The contaminated product, a mix of H3N2 seasonal flu viruses and unlabelled H5N1 viruses, was supplied to an Austrian research company. The Austrian firm, Avir Green Hills Biotechnology, then sent portions of it to sub-contractors in the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Germany.

People familiar with biosecurity rules are dismayed by evidence that human H3N2 and avian H5N1 viruses somehow co-mingled in the Orth-Donau facility. That is a dangerous practice that should not be allowed to happen, a number of experts insisted. Accidental release of a mixture of live H5N1 and H3N2 viruses could have resulted in dire consequences.

Deadly 1957 Strain of Flu Is Found in Lab-Test Kits

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/13/national/13flu.html?_r=1&emc=eta1

early 5,000 laboratories, mostly in the United States, were working Tuesday to destroy vials of a pandemic flu strain that were sent as part of a routine kit to test labs.

The rush action, recommended by the World Health Organization of the United Nations, was prompted by a slim risk that the samples could start a global flu epidemic. The vials were sent by a company in the United States to labs in 18 countries, officials said.

The 1957 strain has not been included in the flu vaccine since 1968, and anyone born after that date has no immunity to it.

No honest investigation into accidental global release of Spanish Flu virus

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Such a hypothetical event actually occurred, except it wasn't a terrorist. It was a research company that claimed to have "accidentally" distributed all of these samples of the deadly H2N2 influenza strain, which is most famous for killing millions of people around the world in 1957. It was called the "Spanish Flu" at the time, although that name is not technically accurate.

Columnist Robert Novak's Hit and Run

Brought to you by the good folks who outed an undercover CIA agent in retaliation for her husband's debunking of our reasons to go to war with Iraq...

ABC 7 News

The conservative commentator and columnist kept driving after the crash. In an exclusive interview with ABC 7 News, Novak, 77, said didn't know he had hit someone until a bicyclist stopped him a block away.

"I do not believe Novak did not see or hear or feel the impact," Gary Cohen, an eyewitness, said. "I don't know how anyone could."

The investigating officer apparently believe Novak's version. Novak was issued a $50 fine for failure to yield the right of way to a pedestrian.

All of the witnesses contacted by ABC 7 News say they have not been interviewed by police. Many also said the officer did not seem eager to talk to them.