Outbreak
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Sam Daniels: Just don't get negative on me.
Major Salt: Affirmative.

Sam Daniels: If you think I'm lying, drop the bomb. If you think I'm crazy, drop the bomb. But don't drop the bomb just because you're following orders.

Mrs. Pananides: I have a friend in the Coast Guard, all I have to do is call.
Sam Daniels: How close a friend?
Mrs. Pananides: Closer than his wife would like.

Sam Daniels: We are fugitives of the law. Idiocy is our only option.

Sergeant Wolf: This could mean my stripes, sir.
Sam Daniels: It'll mean your ass if you don't get your finger on the phone. Finger it.

Sam Daniels: Thank you, Mrs. - what was her name again?
Major Salt: Pananides.

Sergeant Meyer: Sir, my pilot is taking a leak.
Sam Daniels: A leak? No shit.

Sam Daniels: You know Salt, fear gets a bad rap. I don't want anybody in my outfit that doesn't get scared.
Major Salt: Then I'm your man sir.

Sam Daniels: Anything I can do to help?
Major Salt: Just don't make me nervous.

Casey Schuler: I hate them willies, they ought to call them the Sams don't you think?

Casey Schuler: You want a hotshot scope-jockey, fine, but, frankly, I'm hurt.

Factual error: Every centrifuge ever made comes with a locking system that prevents the lid being opened while the centrifuge is in motion, so even if someone was as stupid as the lab assistant who put his hand in a spinning centrifuge, they would not be able to.

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Question: I never understood how, like in this movie, after they leave the lab of infectious viruses, does being sprayed down with hot water prevent them from being infected once they take the suit off. Can someone explain that to me?

lartaker1975

Chosen answer: They would be sprayed with an antibacterial solution, and it is to prevent any contagion clinging to the outside of the suit from being transferred from one source to another while the protective gear is being handled.

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