Neuralink employee was scratched by monkeys infected with herpes and fired after she became pregnant, suit claims

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A former employee at Elon Musk’s brain chip company Neuralink alleged that a monkey infected with the Herpes B virus scratched her and that she was fired after informing her superiors that she was pregnant, according to a lawsuit.

alleged that a monkey infected with the Herpes B virus scratched her and that she was fired after informing her superiors that she was pregnant, according to a lawsuit.

In another incident that allegedly took place in March of last year, Short claimed she was scratched across the face by a monkey that was carrying the Herpes B virus.Southerners slam neighbors with 'lefty politics' who move in and drive up cost of living: 'Don't California my Tennessee!' Last June, Short informed human resources at Neuralink that she was pregnant. She asked HR to “engage with her in the interactive process to determine whether reasonable accommodations could be made for her.”Short told HR rather than her superiors because she “would often mention how they did not like children” and that “having kids ‘got in the way of their career,'” it was alleged in the lawsuit.

In all, the company has killed about 1,500 animals, including more than 280 sheep, pigs and monkeys, following experiments since 2018, according to records reviewed by Reuters and sources with direct knowledge of the company’s animal-testing operations.

 

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