{"id":76509,"date":"2022-01-25T22:12:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T04:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=76509"},"modified":"2022-01-25T22:12:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T04:12:20","slug":"76509","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=76509","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/news-and-politics\/kevindowneyjr\/2022\/01\/25\/woman-who-stopped-at-pa-lab-monkey-crash-site-is-now-sick-n1552703\">Woman Who Stopped at Lab Monkey Crash Site Is Now \u2018Sick.\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It sounds like every sci-fi virus film ever made.<\/p>\n<p>Michele Fallon was driving near Danville, Penn., last Friday when she saw two trucks collide. Boxes littered the road. She stopped to help.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-4\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-300x250_4\" class=\"gpt-ad ad-250 text-center\" data-google-query-id=\"CM_Q0LHGzvUCFdFlAQodxqIMNA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6177\/pjmedia\/news-and-politics\/300x250_4_0__container__\">Onlookers believed the boxes were full of cats. Fallon had no idea they contained 100 lab monkeys until she met one face to face. The ruffled monkey hissed at her.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1484938826921484294&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fpjmedia.com%2Fnews-and-politics%2Fkevindowneyjr%2F2022%2F01%2F25%2Fwoman-who-stopped-at-pa-lab-monkey-crash-site-is-now-sick-n1552703&amp;sessionId=a7a23d1a2ffaf28bd4008e86969e2525e0631c66&amp;siteScreenName=PJMedia_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=75b3351%3A1642573356397&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1484938826921484294\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought I was just doing the right thing by helping. I had no idea it would turn out this way,\u201d Fallon\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pahomepage.com\/news\/danville-woman-concerned-for-her-health-after-coming-face-to-face-with-monkey-following-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a>\u00a0local news station WBRE.<\/p>\n<p>Fallon had a cut on her hand and apparently, the highway was strewn with monkey droppings. That\u2019s about to become important.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Backstory:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/news-and-politics\/rick-moran\/2022\/01\/22\/truck-carrying-100-monkeys-crashes-in-pennsylvania-at-least-one-primate-still-loose-n1551835\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Truck Carrying 100 Monkeys Crashes in Pennsylvania; At Least One Primate Still Loose<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>After stopping to help at the crash site, Fallon went home to learn that four of the lab monkeys had escaped and authorities were warning the public not to approach them, as they could transmit diseases to humans. That\u2019s when Fallon called the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was close to the monkeys, I touched the crates, I walked through their feces, so I was very close. So I called to inquire, you know, was I safe?\u201d Fallon\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/01\/25\/penn-woman-fears-rabies-after-handling-monkeys-after-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-4\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-300x250_5\" class=\"gpt-ad ad-250 text-center\" data-google-query-id=\"CM_R0LHGzvUCFdZCAQodBBcCRg\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6177\/pjmedia\/news-and-politics\/300x250_5_0__container__\">Fallon has since developed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10438357\/Truck-crash-involving-transportation-monkeys-lab-sparked-infection-fears.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">harsh cough<\/a>\u00a0and symptoms of pink eye. She decided to go to the hospital where she was given a rabies vaccine and two weeks\u2019 worth of anti-viral meds.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cBecause the monkey did hiss at me and there were feces around, and I did have an open cut, they just want to be precautious,\u201d Fallon\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/01\/25\/penn-woman-fears-rabies-after-handling-monkeys-after-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a>\u00a0reporters. There\u2019s that monkey feces again.<\/p>\n<p>By Saturday afternoon the four escaped primates were \u201caccounted for.\u201d By that, I mean the Pennsylvania Game Wardens showed up and shots were heard.<\/p>\n<p>The CDC\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pahomepage.com\/news\/danville-woman-concerned-for-her-health-after-coming-face-to-face-with-monkey-following-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claims<\/a>\u00a0this type of monkey can spread herpes virus B through saliva, urine, and \u2014 you guessed it \u2014 feces.<\/p>\n<p>The monkeys had recently arrived from Africa and were en route to a CDC facility in either\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/01\/25\/penn-woman-fears-rabies-after-handling-monkeys-after-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pahomepage.com\/news\/danville-woman-concerned-for-her-health-after-coming-face-to-face-with-monkey-following-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Missouri<\/a>, according to conflicting reports.<\/p>\n<p>Three of the monkeys had to be euthanized, though the CDC didn\u2019t reveal why.<\/p>\n<p>The animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) used the incident to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/blog\/four-lab-bound-monkeys-escape\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">call<\/a>\u00a0for the U.S. to stop using monkeys for experiments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woman Who Stopped at Lab Monkey Crash Site Is Now \u2018Sick.\u2019 It sounds like every sci-fi virus film ever made. 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