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Subject: Fwd: Fw: serious! banana warning, this is NOT a joke!

Hi Larry,

  I received this the other day and wonered if you had heard anything about 
it. Thanks !!

Jennifer

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 19:23:41 -0500
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Subject: Fw: serious! banana warning, this is NOT a joke!


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Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 6:33 AM
Subject: Fw: serious! banana warning, this is NOT a joke!


>
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>Subject: Fw: serious! banana warning, this is NOT a joke!
>
>
>> > > >
>> > > >>
>> > > >>
>> > > >>Please forward to everyone you love!!
>> > > >>I have checked the source and it is VALIDATED
>> > > >>FROM THE CDC.
>> > > >>(center for disease control in atlanta georgia)
>> > > >>
>> > > >>Warning:
>> > > >>Several shipments of bananas from Costa Rica have been infected
with
>> > > >>necrotizing fasciitis, otherwise known as flesh eating bacteria.
>> > Recently
>> > > >>this disease has decimated the monkey population in Costa Rica.
>> > > >>
>> > > >>We are now just learning that the disease has been able to graft
>> itself
>> > to
>> > > >>the skin of fruits in the region, most notably the Banana which is
>> Costa
>> > > >>Rica's largest export. Until this  finding scientist were not sure
>how
>> > the
>> > > >>infection was being transmitted.
>> > > >>
>> > > >>It is advised not to purchase Bananas for the next three weeks as
>this
>> > is
>> > > >the
>> > > >>period of time for which bananas that have been shipped to the US
>with
>> > the
>> > > >>possibility of carrying this disease.
>> > > >>
>> > > >>If you have eaten a banana in the last 2-3 days and come down with
a
>> > fever
>> > > >>followed by a skin infection seek "Medical  Attention"!!! The skin
>> > > infection
>> > > >>from necrotizing fasciitis is very painful and eats two to three
>> > > centimeters
>> > > >>of flesh per hour. Amputation is likely, death is possible..
>> > > >>
>> > > >>If you are more than an hour from a medical center burning the
flesh
>> > ahead
>> > > >of
>> > > >>the infected area is advised to help slow the spread of the
>infection.
>> > The
>> > > >>FDA  has been reluctant to issue a country wide warning because of
>> fear
>> > > >>nationwide panic.
>> > > >>
>> > > >>They have secretly admitted that they feel upwards of 15,000
>Americans
>> > will
>> > > >>be affected by this but that these are acceptable numbers. Please
>> > forward
>> > > >>this to as many people you care about as possible as we do not feel
>> > 15,000
>> > > >>people is an acceptable number.
>> > > >>
>> > > >>Manheim Research Institute
>> > > >>Center for Disease Control
>> > > >>Atlanta Georgia
>> > > >>
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > >
>> >
>>
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