# Tales from the viral crypt

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**Created:** [November 17, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-from-the-viral-crypt/954535 "2021-11-17T23:03:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-from-the-viral-crypt/954535/1 "2021-11-17T23:03:33Z")

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> **[Vials labelled 'smallpox' found at vaccine research facility in Pennsylvania,...](https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/vials-labeled-smallpox-found-at-vaccine-research-facility-in-pennsylvania-cdc-says-1.5670382)**
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> Several vials labelled 'smallpox' have been found at a vaccine research facility in Pennsylvania, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday.

Just when we were starting to think we had covid under control (maybe - sorta)…

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> “There is no indication that anyone has been exposed to the small number of frozen vials,” the CDC said in a statement emailed to CNN.
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> “The frozen vials labeled ‘Smallpox’ were incidentally discovered by a laboratory worker while cleaning out a freezer in a facility that conducts vaccine research in Pennsylvania. CDC, its Administration partners, and law enforcement are investigating the matter and the vials’ contents appear intact,” the CDC added.