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Reason Staff | From the November 2024 issue

"On July 14, The New York Times reported that scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had mishandled dangerous strains of anthrax and bird flu, failed to follow correct safety procedures after employees were exposed, and neglected to notify the appropriate supervisors for about one month. This is not the first time we've heard about lax oversight and dangerous disregard at the CDC. In 2006, for instance, the agency 'accidentally sent live anthrax to two other labs, and also shipped out live botulism bacteria.'"
Veronique de Rugy
"Government Failure Is Baked In"

"Despite all the layoffs, buy-outs, and shutdowns that have afflicted the newspaper industry in the last year, there are still 46,700 newsroom employees working at the nation's 1,411 dailies, according to the American Society of Newspaper Editors' 2009 census. That means we've still got years of alarmist op-ed pieces, Hail Mary revenue........

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