(Both photos via: Jasper County Sheriff’s Department)

Mississippi: Innocent research monkeys killed after police ‘mistakenly’ told they were infected with COVID-19 and STDs

A shipment of innocent research monkeys met a tragic end this week after a truck carrying the animals overturned on Interstate 59, prompting a chaotic response fueled by false reports that the primates were infected with dangerous diseases — including “hepatitis C, herpes, and COVID.”

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