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The Most Dangerous Bacteria

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the fewer-restrictions-for-corrupt-corporations dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Forbes has a story listing the six most dangerous bacteria (one's actually a fungus, but it kills people who get it half the time) that have afflicted athletes, soldiers, and hospital patients. Some scientists worry that even with a bunch of new antibiotics hitting the market, there still aren't enough and they want legislation to make it easier for companies to develop them."

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  1. Re:Comprehensive legislation ? by afaik_ianal · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ooh, ooh, I know! Let's patent their DNA. That way, if any bacteria decides to multiply, we just drag them through court!

  2. What about...? by interactive_civilian · · Score: 2, Funny
    from TFSummary: one's actually a fungus, but it kills people who get it half the time

    What about the people who get it all the time? Do they die too?

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  3. I just hate it... by edremy · · Score: 3, Funny

    when bacteria fail to understand that evolution is only a theory!

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  4. The fungus is actually harmless by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: 2, Funny

    unless you call it a bacterium, then it goes on a killing rampage!

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  5. Re:the 6 most dangerous bacteria by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Humans have souls and thus are not mammals. I can prove this, because no where in the definition of mammal does it mention a soul. It also follows, then, that humans are spirocheates.

    I mean, to put it another way for you non-believers... I mean, more scientifically, they say a chimp has 97% of the same DNA as a human. Well, a watermellon is 97% water. That means a watermellon is only 3 points away from being a CLOUD. Any system where a watermellon and a cloud are 3% away from each other couldn't have evolved naturally.

  6. Re:Be afraid, be very, very afraid by Thing+1 · · Score: 2, Funny
    My girlfriend lives on a dairy farm, and this isn't entirely true.
    So what about the cows that end up in my butcher's shop?

    While they do look similar to the GP's girlfriend, I assure you that the taste is completely different.

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