re: #4 Vogon Poetry

Pointed this out in the dead thread, but the Daily Mail, on which that video and story were based (and then run by other outlets, including Fox) even included the line that they had no way to know whether the officers seen in the video/photos were in contact with the patient or entered the building. They just left it up to the reader to scroll all the way to the bottom for the exquisite caveat:

There’s no evidence these officers actually entered the scene, let alone touched anything that might resemble a biohazard. But the Daily Fail warns that for psychological purposes, they should have bagged everything biohazard anyways - even stuff that was in no way ever in contact with the doctor - like the police tape.

It is simply bad practice for disposing of hazmat gear…and reinforcing bad habits when it doesn’t really count will set you up for failure when it does count.

Always practice the way you want to perform for the real thing. If you don’t want officers doing stupid shit when they do come into contact witha deadly pathogen…DO NOT have them doing it on a normal basis.