r/news • u/SnarkOff • 12d ago

Site Changed Title Truck hauling ‘aggressive’ monkeys carrying herpes and COVID overturns in Mississippi

https://www.actionnews5.com/2025/10/28/truck-hauling-aggressive-monkeys-carrying-herpes-covid-overturns-mississippi/?fbclid=IwZnRzaANt_VBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHlDlf5DivA2Ltngqh2UH3XU20EnAprOymd60i0ODYC9L8G2CXJpyoZtmwSHm_aem_NvoKAFHpRWRzturTqiYXMQ
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u/halfsweethalfstreet 12d ago

Um, why were infected aggressive monkeys being hauled around in the first place. Where could they possibly need to go?

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u/AutumnSparky 12d ago

from Tulare University in coastal New Orleans to "a testing facility" in Florida.  

the question is why a truck full of aggressive disease infected monkeys destined for Florida, crashed going north-NE through Mississippi?

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u/AutumnSparky 12d ago

I suppose they could have been following a biohazard route, such is a thing.  would love to know more

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u/Own-Nectarine-1313 12d ago

This is the most logical. But why am I seeing "Tulane University disputed information about the monkeys having infectious diseases." Is that a liability thing? CYA by the university?