Interesting timing 40 monkeys flee medical lab in US

This is being reported on RT and I have not seen it yet here in the US the escape happened Wed - Now could this have been on poupous give Trump another pandemic to deal with?



40 monkeys flee medical lab in US

Residents of a town in South Carolina have been warned to avoid potentially infectious monkeys after 40 animals escaped from a nearby research facility.

The monkeys somehow made it out of the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center in Yemassee, about 60 miles (100km) southwest of Charleston, on Wednesday.

“Traps have been set up around the area, and the Yemassee Police Department is currently on-site utilizing thermal imaging cameras in an attempt to locate the animals,” the police said on Wednesday evening. “Residents are strongly advised to keep doors and windows secured to prevent these animals from entering homes.”

It was unclear whether the primates involved in Wednesday’s escape had been test subjects or might carry some contagion. The authorities are therefore urging extreme caution in dealing with the animals. Anyone who finds a monkey should not interact with it but instead call the police, the Yemassee Sheriff’s Department said.


RT link for those who can get there

a reply to: Ravenwatcher

apnews.com...

Forty-three monkeys escaped from a compound used for medical research in South Carolina but the nearby police chief said there is “almost no danger” to the public.

“They are not infected with any disease whatsoever. They are harmless and a little skittish,” Yemassee Police Chief Gregory Alexander said Thursday morning.

The Rhesus macaque primates escaped from the Alpha Genesis facility Wednesday when a new employee didn’t fully shut an enclosure, Alexander said.

The monkeys are females weighing about 7 pounds (3 kilograms) and are so young and small that they haven’t been used for testing, police said.

Alpha Genesis employees “currently have eyes on the primates and are working to entice them with food,” police said in a statement issued around noon Thursday.

a reply to: putnam6

Ahh The ole nothing to see here pitch .

originally posted by: Ravenwatcher
a reply to: putnam6

Ahh The ole nothing to see here pitch .

Not everything reported is a lie or fabricated until I see EVIDENCE we got 40 plus monkies wandering around dripping with Monkey Pox and/or another virulent strain of some other deadly disease.

I can read the news and put the paranoid concerns in a proper perspective.

abcnews4.com... ty-sheriffs-office-alpha-genesis-primate-research-center#

YEMASSEE, S.C. (WCIV) — Yemassee Town AdministratorMatthew Garnes provided additional information Thursday after more than 40 primates escaped from a research center Wednesday.

Garnes said they don't believe the monkeys have gone far or will go very far after escaping from Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center. 43 monkeys in total are missing from the facility, he said.

Alpha Genesis told town officials the monkeys are not dangerous and are disease-free, but the public is still warned to stay away from them, according to Garnes.

As of Thursday, none of the monkeys had been recovered and Garnes said there is no timetable for a capture of all of them.

READ MORE | "Officers working to locate escaped primates in Yemassee: BCSO"

All the missing monkeys are female and weigh no more than 6 pounds, according to Garnes.

The monkeys escaped after a new employee left a door open, he said.

Law enforcement said traps have been set up in the area, and residents are strongly advised to keep doors and windows secured to keep the animals out.

Rep. Nancy Mace spoke of the incident on social media and said she would be withholding any formal statement until she has a complete understanding of the facts.

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It's just bad that when I see something like this and timing that my 1st thought is here, we go .. For the life of I don't think they are going to let him get away with a win lol

The monkeys may all be healthy and carrying no disease BUT it seems like the perfect opportunity to release a new pandemic and blame it on the primates.

Hold the pressers, the democrats will stop the inauguration of President Trump, the nation is under a treat of monkey flu, get ready guys, you need to gather all the supplies to survive for 6 months.

Yep, I can see it already.

Didn't this same thing happen a few years ago?

originally posted by: watchitburn
Didn't this same thing happen a few years ago?

I believe that was a truck cash in Pennsylvania

originally posted by: watchitburn
Didn't this same thing happen a few years ago?

It sure did the same facility in 2016.
It also has "CDC quarantine areas"

And then there is this in their mission statement:

Embrace diversity as an essential component in the way we do business.

www.wjcl.com...

Its a massive facility-over 100 acres.

Totally not a bio warfare lab operating under the guise of something non nefarious I am sure.

originally posted by: Ravenwatcher
a reply to: putnam6


It's just bad that when I see something like this and timing that my 1st thought is here, we go .. For the life of I don't think they are going to let him get away with a win lol

I hear ya Ravenwatcher, LOL I get it we are as skittish as those Rhesus monkeys... I am open to the idea there could be some BS, but not sure if monkeys in Charleston SC is the flashpoint... LOL, I could be wrong.

Macaque monkeys are far from harmless! I knew a guy who was savagely mauled by one of those things. Had to be airlifted to Singapore due to the severity of his injuries. I can't stand those Macaque monkeys; they'll attack a human just by looking them in the eye (and that's not an exaggeration either). They used to be all over the place in Malaysia where we were working, millions of the damn things.

The guy came home from work to find one sitting in the center of his dining room table. It had tore through a screened window. He opened his patio door and attempted to chase it out of his house. When he did, the monkey attacked and proceeded to kick the livin' snot outta' the guy. Damn near tore his arm off and mangled his hand and face. Had to have about six surgeries and wound up with about 800 stitches.

I wouldn't consider macaque monkeys "harmless" by a long shot!

There Should be a bounty on those damn things. Not saying it was a nefarious release, but what might the deranged anti trump liberals going to do soon?

. . . but but
It was the wet markets in china, so he says.

put a 100 000 bounty on the things they will be dead shortly

Several monkeys escaped from the zoo on Okinawa a few years ago. They couldn’t fend for themselves and they all eventually came back. I suspect this will end in a similar manner.

a reply to: ratcals

Not macaques. They survive perfectly well in human society. There are literally billions of them is SE Asia and western Asia. They're freaking everywhere!! Macaques are the Asian equivalent of racoons in the west. They multiply like rabbits and take over...kind of like democrats!!