Friday, November 9, 2007

Zombies Protest the BU Biolab

November 7, 2007 – Boston resident Jeff Reinhardt, 21, holds biohazard caution tape as he is followed by a group of zombie protesters rallying against the construction of the controversial Boston University Level IV Bio-safety Laboratory in Roxbury, MA. As they stumbled through the streets, the zombies moaned, “The bio-lab has infected me.”

November 7, 2007 – Suffolk University student Clay Adamczyk, 20, is seen dressed as a zombie protesting the controversial Boston University Bio-safety Laboratory that is being constructed in the South End of Boston, MA, which will be the nation’s only Level IV research facility in an urban environment, holding some of the world’s deadliest pathogens. Adamczyk spent his afternoon in his kitchen creating slabs of flesh and gore out of various ingredients including flour, strawberry Jell-O, and food coloring, among others, to don in the evening, intending to make a dramatized statement as to the effects the lab could have if these viruses were mishandled or released.

November 7, 2007 – In an effort to protest the Boston University Level IV Biosafety Laboratory, David Wu, 19, from Roxbury, MA, gathered among others dressed as zombies to stumble through the streets of Boston, MA. To make his appearance more menacing, Wu bit into fake blood capsules, letting the red liquid trickle down his mouth and onto his shirt.

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