Negligence

In a new height of negligence, CNN has reported that three mice infected with Bubonic Plague have been ...*ahem*... "Misplaced" from the Public Health Research Institute, which is on the campus of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

They are not sure if the mice escaped, were stolen, were lost in a paperwork error, or were eaten by another lab animal.

However, any way you slice it this is inexcusable.

Bubonic freakin' Plague! Black Death! How could you be THAT careless?

If they escaped, it is probably through indefensible inattentiveness. While the mice will have reportedly died by now, what happens if between then and now they had been bitten by a flea or mosquito? Most prior outbreaks of Bubonic Plague occur with such events!

If they were eaten by another animal, that's just retarded there. What did they do, randomly toss a snake into the mice cage? Stupid.

Lost in a paperwork error? Then FIND the bastards! That's not even funny. Bureaucracy is no excuse for idiocy!

And if they were stolen, that just bodes ill. If it was a particularly stupid animal rights activist that happens to work for the lab, that's one thing. Hopefully, he didn't do anything stupid with them. Find him, and fire the dumbass. But what if the mice were sold to someone with... Less than honorable intentions? Do we really need that kind of grief?

Note also that the school is undergoing investigation for financial corruption in regards to millions of dollars in political donations and politically connected no-bid contracting.

In brief, this is a monumental incident of sheer incompetence! This is just another example of what happens with no-bid "buddy buddy" politically connected contracting! They FUCK UP, because they don't care. They don't care because even if they fuck up, they'll still get paid. It is high time there is some house cleaning! Those responsible need to be sacked, including the politician that awarded the contracts no-bid!