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Again, what is the motive? Where is the money coming from? Secret COVID HIV rats is a Bond villian thing, not something actual criminals do to make a buck.
by brucethemoose2 3y ago
Again, what is the motive? Where is the money coming from?
Secret COVID HIV rats is a Bond villian thing, not something actual criminals do to make a buck.
- tyingq 3y agoI'm sure there are more reasons, but modified herpes and HIV have both been used as experimental cancer treatments. Edit: It appears they made a variety of in-vitro tests during their peak operating period. For diseases, pregnancy, drugs, etc. So probably more about "criminally sloppy lab" than any more movie-worthy motive. An old wayback grab of their product page: https://web.archive.org/web/20190731163304/http://universal-meditech.com/products https://web.archive.org/web/20190731163304/http://universal-...
- sct202 3y agoUniversal Meditech Inc one of the companies referenced made covid rapid tests, so the most charitable take on this is it was a sloppily run lab trying to make money on covid tests. There's a recall notice the FDA issued, so they did make something. https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/universal-meditech-inc-issues-nationwide-recall-skippack-medical-lab-sars-cov-2-antigen-rapid-test https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety...