Researcher At San Francisco VA Medical Center Dies After Handling Rare Strain of Bacteria–Was Working On a Vaccine for Meningitis

All who worked at the lab have all been vaccinated to protect as well as family members but according to the story here the vaccine would not have helped in his situation. This was fast as he woke with a rash and then died on the way to the hospital from a heart attack. Cal-OSHA is investigating and stated they are verifying that this was the same bacteria he was working with. Back in 2001 we had an ex-Pfizer researcher speak out about safety in labs as she suffered exposure due to unsafe working conditions. BD

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