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In December 2022, Code Enforcement Officer Jesalyn Harper discovered an illegal biolab in an abandoned warehouse in the small agricultural community of Reedley, California. Operated by a Chinese fugitive who illegally entered the United States under a false identity, the biolab could have been the epicenter of one or more pandemic outbreaks, as its contents included pathogens ranging from Ebola and SARS-CoV-2 to HIV and gonorrhea. The poorly maintained lab was operating with impunity until Harper’s accidental discovery.