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Labs Scramble to Destroy Deadly Flu Samples
An anonymous reader submits "According to this Yahoo! news story, a deadly strain of the Flu virus was mistakenly sent out to thousands of labs, mostly in the U.S., as samples for routine testing. The samples were sent starting last year, but the rush to destroy them began shortly after the WHO raised an alert last Friday following its discovery by the National Microbial Laboratory Canada on March 26. It was not immediately clear why the 1957 pandemic strain, which killed between 1 million and 4 million people -- was in the proficiency test kits routinely sent to labs."
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It was not immediately clear why the 1957 pandemic strain, which killed between 1 million and 4 million people -- was in the proficiency test kits routinely sent to labs.
You'd have to be pretty freaking proficient to kill it, I guess, so it's a good test.
ResidntGeek
Captain Trips? So soon? Go back to sleep. Your time is soon enough.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
So this time South Park got it right huh... Blame Canada might be accurate.
You are, of course, correct, and I shall no longer make such silly mistakii.
A week after I get over a nasty nasty flu, this article pops up. Thanks slashdot for fueling the little hypochondriac inside us all.
Since it is organic waste, and since until excreted it remains part of my digestive system, one could argue that since as digestion occurs, the extraction of nutrients is a biochemical function that it is indistinct from the organic life that houses that interaction, so therefore, shit, until completely expunged, is living. And since this story gave me a anxiety induced feeling (technically known as the willies), my sympathetic flight routine extended not only throughout my nervous system but also throughout the entire biochemical structure of the human body. Hence, the living shit, the organic excrement, being part of the terrified self.
And the 2005 Ig Nobel Prize in the field of medicine goes to...
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See the "s" on the end?
It means that it's plural.
The singular form is "viru".
So you should say, "I caught a viru. It's one of the many virus going around.".
It's like how "data" is singular, and "datas" is plural.
So you would say, "I have a data.", and your mother would say, "Is she a nice girl?", and you would say, "No, I mean I have a data on my computer. In fact, I have lots of datas on my computer.", and your mother would say, "Well, here's a box of tissues. Make sure that you clean up afterwards."
Whereby it is revealed by shocking first hand research that scientists are, in fact, ordinary people (i.e. morons) who happen to be doing science. Brilliant! Obviously any mistake made by a biologist means all of biology is hogwash. Proven! Which reminds me, I have this recurring multiple-antibiotic resistant strep infection I've been meaning to get checked out but my *(&* auto mechanic is booked solid this week.