Three States Battling Monkeypox Outbreak
MADISON, Wis. - A virus similar to smallpox apparently jumped from pet prairie dogs to at least four people — possibly dozens — in the disease's first appearance in the Western Hemisphere.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (news - web sites) said Saturday the prairie dogs likely were infected with the virus by a giant Gambian rat, which is indigenous to Africa, at a Chicago-area pet distributor.
The prairie dogs were sold by a Milwaukee animal distributor in May to two pet shops in the Milwaukee area and during a pet "swap meet" in northern Wisconsin, the CDC said.
Waaah, waaah, waaah.... I think it goes without saying that anyone who buys a PET PRAIRIE DOG at a SWAP MEET deserves anything Darwinism can throw at him, Social or otherwise.
MADISON, Wis. - A virus similar to smallpox apparently jumped from pet prairie dogs to at least four people — possibly dozens — in the disease's first appearance in the Western Hemisphere.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (news - web sites) said Saturday the prairie dogs likely were infected with the virus by a giant Gambian rat, which is indigenous to Africa, at a Chicago-area pet distributor.
The prairie dogs were sold by a Milwaukee animal distributor in May to two pet shops in the Milwaukee area and during a pet "swap meet" in northern Wisconsin, the CDC said.
Waaah, waaah, waaah.... I think it goes without saying that anyone who buys a PET PRAIRIE DOG at a SWAP MEET deserves anything Darwinism can throw at him, Social or otherwise.
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