US EditionDisease-Infested Monkeys LOOSE in Mississippi?!
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Disease-Infested Monkeys LOOSE in Mississippi?!
A truck carrying 21 'aggressive' monkey's allegedly infected with contagious diseases such as COVID-19, herpes, and Hepatitis C crashed in Mississppi, causing the monkey's to be let loose. While most of the threat was taken care of, one monkey is reported to still be on the loose. This sounds eerily similar to the beginning of an outbreak movie... TranscriptBelow is a rush transcript that may contain errorsGLENN: Big thing some good news. Let's …
On October 31, 2025, international news agencies reported that a truck carrying laboratory monkeys was involved in an accident on Interstate 59 in Mississippi, USA. Several monkeys believed to be infected with various viruses, including hepatitis C, herpes, and COVID-19, escaped. Recent developments have confirmed that the escaped monkeys were not infected with any virus. The truck driver's misunderstanding led authorities to shoot and kill fiv…
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