 patents for a device to prevent a lab-acquired infection, rumors in the virology community of a new SARS virus in the lab, 30 vials of the three most dangerous viruses on the planet being shipped illegally from a lab in Canada to WIV in March, and then one of those pathogens being found as a major contaminant in a VLC lab in December. These events taken together are a classic example of closing the barn door after the horse has left.