 End quote. 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 BLSA lab in December. These events taken together are a classic example of closing the barn door after the horse has left.