"Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Andrea Pelachick confirmed the hunt for the escaped monkeys in Montour County's Valley Township, but wasn't able to say how many were loose."

The vehicle involved was following a hundred monkeys, and when the crash occurred a handful of monkeys got out," she said.

By itself, the story, so far, seems harmless. Sure a few cute, cuddly monkies escaped … so what? Then, the CDC got involved:

"Authorities were instructed to secure the area for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Pennsylvania Department of Health, she said.

Asked if the missing monkeys had any health issues, the trooper said it wasn't clear.

In the current perma-scare environment caused mostly because of CDC failures to act and/or communicate, this is… not a good look.