1 Comments Posted by SuperSillyUs

Few random thoughts:

It seems unlikely to me that any of these samples would date back to WWII, if they do they're probably not related to Aktion T4. Note that some of the storage racks seem to say "1978".

I think I've read anthrax spores and tuberculosis bacteria can remain infectious for a long time. Unless cooled and probably removed from oxygen or anything reactive, even a month would be a long time for a virus to remain viable in the atmosphere. Some type(s) of Hepatitis remain viable in the atmosphere for several weeks in dried blood.

And a personal thing: the amount of hand-wringing about diseases magically becoming airborne from old, dead, samples or that OSHA hasn't swooped in from the U.S. to Germany to scold them really irks me. I think it's cool that an explorer can visit such a site at their own risk, just like the other very cool but potentially dangerous German industrial sights Motts has on this site.

Don't let American fear, risk aversion, and liability mentality 'infect' you!

Thank you for the awesome web site, I've been visiting off and on for years, vicariously urbexing!