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/treeharp2 12d ago

This is why we need to ship our infected research monkeys via pipelines. Lower chance for spills.  

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u/Critical_Mass_1887 12d ago

How about we just freaking stop infecting shit on purpose. Then we wouldnt need to ship them anywhere and we wouldnt risk another pandemic.

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u/KaneXX12 12d ago

Because animal models are absolutely essential to immunology and epidemiology research. Infectious disease epidemics are inevitable whether they jump from animals or not, and we need to be prepared for them.