Monkeys on the loose in India with stolen coronavirus blood samples

[mfcorey1]

A troop of monkeys attacked a lab technician in India and stole blood samples of patients who tested positive for COVID-19, authorities confirmed on Friday.

According to Reuters, the eccentric attack happened this week after a laboratory technician was walking on the campus of a state-run medical college in Meerut near Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state.

“Monkeys grabbed and fled with the blood samples of four COVID-19 patients who are undergoing treatment ... we had to take their blood samples again,” said S.K. Garg, a top medical official at the college.

https://thehill.com/policy/international/india/500125-monkeys-on-the-loose-in-india-with-stolen-coronavirus-blood?fbclid=IwAR2sKVv8OpqP098qU180R6k4plJo7xF0R26dHrRTkcAPbIRUtcWS_yzvoiM

[Jamastiene]

1. I wonder why they did it.

Does anyone know for sure?

[marybourg]

2. They though it was food?

[Jamastiene]

6. Ah, ok. Thank you. n/t

[tblue37]

4. Monkeys there are used to being fed especially by tourists. With no one feeding them,

they are getting hungry & desperate, like the rats in NYCity.

They were probably hoping he was carrying food.

[Jamastiene]

7. I hope they cannot catch the Covid from it.

I know scientists are saying they don't believe monkeys can contract Covid-19, but do they know?

I hope they find real food soon.

[Renew Deal]

10. Warpaint

[Jamastiene]

12. ROFL!

[Efilroft Sul]

3. This is the most 2020 story ever.

[Jamastiene]

5. Yep, vampire monkeys is definitely perfect for 2020. n/t

[Squinch]

8. Where's Recursion? You wanna see monkeys take over a cabana? I'll show you

monkeys taking over a cabana!

[Bev54]

9. Those little buggers will

steal anything and everything. You remember the commercial where the monkeys stole the guys credit card, well that is exactly what they are like. I remember in Thailand, one monkey stealing a ladies wallet, he eventually dropped it when everyone was trying to chase him. In Sri Lanka, we were advised to keep out deck doors closed to the hotel room, we were on the 4th floor of the hotel. I went out on the deck at one point and watched a few monkeys playing around on a deck a couple of doors down and then they came to ours, about 8 of them. They stole an ashtray that was on a table on the deck and threw it over the railing and they were trying to open the balcony door to our room, little shits.

[Sneederbunk]

11. Them monkeys is sneaky.

[hedda_foil]

13. If cats and dogs can catch it, monkeys directly exposed to infected blood can sure as shit catch it.

Monkeys are a lot genetically closer to humans than dogs or cats. Glass vials break. Monkeys check out their haul, cut their fingers, taste the blood. Get it on their faces. Wipe their asses. Groom each other and lick their fingers. Spread it to their troop. Spread it to other troops. Government decides to kill all the monkeys in the area. Continue....