Plum Island, available only by a ferry or helicopter and heavily guarded by armed military staff, is officially home for the Center for Animal Diseases in Plum Island since 1954. This federal research facility is authorized to examine highly contagious diseases of farm animals, such as foot and mouth diseases (FMD) and African fever, which They could exhaust if they were to escape. For example, the FMD explosion in Great Britain in 2001 led to a loss of almost $ 10 billion and slaughter of over 6 million animals. However, the official narrative about the plum island contrasts sharply with persistent local rumors and …
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