This morning, UCF students got an alert text saying that a man wearing a LeBron jersey was wanted by the police. Dozens of police cars were on campus, a helicopter was flying overhead, etc. Rumors had already been rushing around campus that it was an anthrax scare, so I put two and two together and figured they pulled the baby powder stunt in class. I was right, as later, UCF Police Dept. released this statement.
Just thought it was a funny coincidence that some guys thought that this was an innocent prank, and it ended up causing all of this.
Edit: Apparently there's a news article on it now. He shouted "I'm taking my talents elsewhere. I'm going to Miami!" as he threw the powder.
Edit 2: Here's a friend's snapchat story, just as a small look at the chaos: https://imgur.com/tIXDOYJ (Imgur keeps adding a .jpg to the link, idk why but if you erase the .jpg the link works)
Think about it: it gets everywhere in a matter of seconds and serves no good purpose other than to make everyone's lives harder. When's the last time someone put glitter on a table, in a envelope, on a postcard, or literally anything else and your first thought was "oh good, there's glitter fucking everywhere!" NEVER! It's annoying and fucking impossible to clean up and should be illegal forever.
so like their 911 eps, or at least just episodes of a pod
also, tim dillon like?
My short bio: I earned my Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Arizona working to understand how herpes viruses replicate their DNA. I went on to work at USAMRIID studying Ebola, pox viruses, SARS, tick-borne encephalitis virus and others. I was at USAMRIID when the 9/11 and subsequent anthrax letter attacks happened and was scrutinized (along with many others) by the FBI. I worked at the CDC studying live smallpox virus, and at the time, was one of only 20 or so people in the world authorized to have access to the virus. I went on to work at the world's largest biorepository and then to different non-profit contract research organizations helping to develop new vaccines and antibiotics/antivirals for many high-hazard pathogens. I have worked extensively under biosafety level 4 (BSL-4) containment, worked with many different species of animals to develop models of these diseases, and serve as a subject matter expert on biodefense for various parts of the government on sometimes-classified projects.
My current projects include work on different viruses, bacteria, toxins and fungi.
Viruses:
Flu, Zika, Ebola, VEE, EEE, WEE, MERS, SARS, Dengue, Chikungunya, rabies
Bacteria:
B. anthracis, Y. pestis, B. mallei, B. pseudomallei, MRSA, Pseudomonas
Toxins:
Staph enterotoxin B, ricin, Botulinum neurotoxin
Fungi:
Candida albicans and Aspergillus.
My Proof:
Other specific proof has been submitted to and verified by the mods.
AMA!
Hint: it’s an RTS
