“[The inspectors are conducting a comprehensive investigation to assess the security of biological samples and computer data, Curtis said. The investigation] could last up to four weeks, ... It amounts to an audit.”
“[Like its Washington counterpart, AWWA has an estimate of what it will cost to clean up America's water supply: $25 billion.] That's a reasonable best estimate, ... It's a lot of money.”
“[A team from the inspector general's office at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has begun inspecting facilities at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston to determine the security of biological samples. The investigation] could last up to four weeks, ... It amounts to an audit.”
“Everybody is horrified at what they can do, but the truth is the research quantities we're studying are quite modest. And if the building they're in got hit by a bomb or an airplane or a tornado or something like that.”
“If you want to learn how to take these viruses apart and put them back together ... and develop a vaccine against them, it really requires this kind of spacesuit laboratory.”
