Oh that's comforting. - Hat tip to Drudge.
BreitBart.com has an AP report titled, "Mice Infected With Bubonic Plague Missing.
Three mice infected with the bacteria responsible for bubonic plague apparently disappeared from a laboratory about two weeks ago, and authorities launched a search though health experts said there was scant public risk.
The mice were unaccounted-for at the Public Health Research Institute, which is on the campus of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and conducts bioterrorism research for the federal government.
"Scant public risk"? Doesn't that just make you feel all safe and sound?
The article reports that officials claim the mice would likely have died soon after escaping, if they did indeed pull a Pinky & the Brain escape.
It's also possible that other lab animals ate them for lunch or, even more believable, they were lost in the government paperwork.
