Lab outbreaks with numerous civilian fatalities are not unprecedented: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverdlovsk_anthrax_leak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sver

Lab outbreaks with numerous civilian fatalities are not unprecedented: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverdlovsk_anthrax_leak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverdlovsk_anthrax_leak The official cover-up initially was blaming the outbreak on contaminated meat from a wet market.