Something called the University of Texas Medical Branch, Center for Biodefence and Emerging Infectious Diseases is located in Galveston Texas | |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 492320 United States 09/12/2008 11:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Something called the University of Texas Medical Branch, Center for Biodefence and Emerging Infectious Diseases is located in Galveston Texas Wow, did anyone else read this??????? BSL4 is the highest biosafety rating for laboratories dealing with highly contagious organisms. BSL4 laboratories are designed to prevent microbes from being released into the environment and to provide maximum safety for the researchers inside. BSL4 labs require some of the most sophisticated architectural, engineering and construction techniques to ensure the safety of both the scientists inside and the surrounding community. As the first full-sized facility of its kind in the nation to be located on a university campus, UTMB’s BSL4 facility project entailed a three-story addition to an existing university building, as well as some renovation work within the existing building infrastructure to accommodate the addition. The combination of new work and renovation work resulted in an additional 12,000 gross square feet of space. |
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Brassia Rex User ID: 500694 United States 09/12/2008 11:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Something called the University of Texas Medical Branch, Center for Biodefence and Emerging Infectious Diseases is located in Galveston Texas Good post. A post-hurricane city would be a good breeding ground for tropical/infectious diseases. They build those labs to survive earthquakes, fire & floods. I guess people in that neighborhood will find out how good a job they did. Best of luck to everyone affected. |
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User ID: 502344 France 09/12/2008 11:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Something called the University of Texas Medical Branch, Center for Biodefence and Emerging Infectious Diseases is located in Galveston Texas There was a biomedical research facility in one of the universities in New Orleans that did this kind of infectious diseases work. For a long time after Katrina I thought one reason why the rescue after the flooding was so slow could have been because they were waiting to see if something had escaped the lab that would need quarantine. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 68024 United Kingdom 09/13/2008 12:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Something called the University of Texas Medical Branch, Center for Biodefence and Emerging Infectious Diseases is located in Galveston Texas Well, what happens is- a sink gets blocked so they use one outside of the safe-room to clean the petri dishes. (of course these sinks don't go through the decontamination system.) Happened in the UK. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 502368 United States 09/13/2008 12:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Something called the University of Texas Medical Branch, Center for Biodefence and Emerging Infectious Diseases is located in Galveston Texas Announcement on the news from authorities about the destruction of anthrax and other bio-weapons from the Galveston facility prior the arrival of the storm. Maybe I can dig up a link. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 492320 United States 09/13/2008 12:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Something called the University of Texas Medical Branch, Center for Biodefence and Emerging Infectious Diseases is located in Galveston Texas I know probably lame but still late. That article you are talking about that describes them destroying the stuff today was not for this facility if I remember correctly. Let me know. Biodefence, in the title of this place makes me wonder what kinda shiznit they have there. Maybe people will get their zombie on. |
Brassia Rex User ID: 500694 United States 09/13/2008 01:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Something called the University of Texas Medical Branch, Center for Biodefence and Emerging Infectious Diseases is located in Galveston Texas Announcement on the news from authorities about the destruction of anthrax and other bio-weapons from the Galveston facility prior the arrival of the storm. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 502368Maybe I can dig up a link. That would be good news if true. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 502368 United States 09/13/2008 01:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Something called the University of Texas Medical Branch, Center for Biodefence and Emerging Infectious Diseases is located in Galveston Texas Announcement on the news from authorities about the destruction of anthrax and other bio-weapons from the Galveston facility prior the arrival of the storm. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 502368Maybe I can dig up a link. Still looking. So far, only comments on news sites reporting on local TV news announcements. I missed whether Chertoff mentioned it in the FEMA briefing earlier today. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 492320 United States 09/13/2008 01:32 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Something called the University of Texas Medical Branch, Center for Biodefence and Emerging Infectious Diseases is located in Galveston Texas Quoting: Anonymous Coward 498216 Uh oh you are right. Shucks. Maybe that is because of the storm although I doubt it. UT probably has this site setup somewhere secure as do most Universitites etc.... |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 287857 United States 09/13/2008 05:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Something called the University of Texas Medical Branch, Center for Biodefence and Emerging Infectious Diseases is located in Galveston Texas when the east coast was hit yrs ago-Plum Island lost many of it's containment -refridgeration units were out and many contained areas were exposed and I would not be surprised if stuff gets out...seems more and more it is planned-why would anyone put it in a danger zone??? |
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User ID: 181805 Denmark 09/13/2008 05:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Something called the University of Texas Medical Branch, Center for Biodefence and Emerging Infectious Diseases is located in Galveston Texas when the east coast was hit yrs ago-Plum Island lost many of it's containment -refridgeration units were out and many contained areas were exposed and I would not be surprised if stuff gets out...seems more and more it is planned-why would anyone put it in a danger zone??? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 287857so bad things could happen, and the could blame nature? DANE Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little. Edmund Burke |
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User ID: 494203 United States 09/13/2008 05:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Something called the University of Texas Medical Branch, Center for Biodefence and Emerging Infectious Diseases is located in Galveston Texas sounds like a plot from a bad movie , doesn't it? scary Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune--without the words, And never stops at all.... Emily Dickinson |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 492320 United States 09/13/2008 09:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Something called the University of Texas Medical Branch, Center for Biodefence and Emerging Infectious Diseases is located in Galveston Texas are the germs floating around or are they contained..please just a simply yes or no.. Quoting: anonymous 502473Now how and the hell can we tell from here? Did you think the "CEnter for Biodefence and Emerging Infectious Diseases" actually posted the original post in this thread? Why don't you tell me whether they are contained or not. Yes I'm pissed as hell today, stayed up too late. Even if the shiznit there is not contained do you think they'll tell us????? |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 340808 New Zealand 09/13/2008 02:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Something called the University of Texas Medical Branch, Center for Biodefence and Emerging Infectious Diseases is located in Galveston Texas UTMB Alert Information (posted Friday, Sept. 13, 2008, 1:23 p.m., jak) SPECIAL BULLETIN: Galveston National Lab, Keiller Building, & Shope Lab Despite rumors to the contrary, the Galveston National Lab (GNL) has suffered no damage as far as we can see. The building was at the end phase of construction. There was no research taking place and no one is occupying the building. The Keiller Building did experience some flooding in the basement but the rest of the facility is fine. There has been no loss of biocontainment or biosecurity. All labs were decontaminated and secured prior to the arrival of the storm. All agents have been stored in proper containers. The Shope Lab within the Keiller Building also remains secure. UTMB Emergency Operations Center Leadership |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 375440 United States 09/13/2008 02:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Something called the University of Texas Medical Branch, Center for Biodefence and Emerging Infectious Diseases is located in Galveston Texas West Nile, Dengue, Cholera, Typhoid, Botulism, Meningitis, Yellow fever, Malaria. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 290442you also forgot anthrax, the black plague, the spanish flu |