And I _still_ feel fine

[andrewducker]

At the very least, there are two Level-3 biolabs in New Orleans and a cluster of three in nearby Covington. They have been working with anthrax, mousepox, HIV, plague, etc. There are surely other labs in the city.

It says here.

Comments

[themongkey.livejournal.com]

Oh, please.

The Tulane monkeys escape (http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/03/12/monkey.escape.ap/) all the time. (http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2005/05/10/monkeys_escape_from_la_primate_center/)

For more, see katemonkey's Metafilter post (http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/24261)

[themongkey.livejournal.com]

Oh, and it's funny how the ones that escape are always purely for breeding, isn't it? :o)

[azalemeth.livejournal.com]

I honestly think that the worst country to be in during a natural disaster is our fair America....

[heron61.livejournal.com]

This sounds far too much like the intro to a horror/SF novel a vast plague, I am not at all comforted by the fact that all this is real. Thankfully, all of the diseases (and the creatures with them) were likely killed by the toxic water. What a mess...