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Camels May Transmit New Middle Eastern Virus
sciencemag.org ^ | 2013-08-08 15:00

Posted on 08/08/2013 5:33:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Ever since people in the Middle East started dying of a mysterious new infection last year, scientists have been trying to pinpoint the source of the outbreak. Now they may finally have found a clue in an unlikely population: retired racing camels.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.sciencemag.org ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: merscov; microbiology; virology
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To: BenLurkin

Two old women are smoking and walking down the street when it begins to rain. The first woman takes out a condom, cuts of the end and puts it over her cigarette. The second woman asked her what it was and the first woman says, “It’s a condom. You can get them at any gas station. They work great for keeping your cigarette dry when it rains.” So a little while later the second old woman walks into a gas station and says she needs a condom. The clerk asks her what size, and she says, “Give me one big enough to fit a camel.”


21 posted on 08/08/2013 6:32:59 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: BenLurkin

Will penicillin cure it.


22 posted on 08/08/2013 7:05:57 PM PDT by DeWalt
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To: DeWalt

I’m hiding under the bed so the punctuation police can’t find me. Damned phone.


23 posted on 08/08/2013 7:11:54 PM PDT by DeWalt
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To: BenLurkin; Revolting cat!

STDs. They aren’t just for harems anymore.


24 posted on 08/08/2013 7:31:23 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Daffynition
Get up off the floor veto! Life is short. Jump high!

Great photo,

Couldn't get much higher...

Yours sincerely,
Camel Knievel

25 posted on 08/08/2013 7:34:51 PM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely expressed as advice)
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To: BenLurkin

Come on there BenLurkin; you know this is just screaming for a few “ragheads humpin camels” jokes.
Admit it, that’s why you posted it.


26 posted on 08/08/2013 8:11:59 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: BenLurkin

It’s the “hump” (an action committed by Mooselimb men at the southern end of the camel).


27 posted on 08/08/2013 8:24:23 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud dad of an Army Soldier who has survived 24 months of Combat deployment.)
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To: BenLurkin; LucyT
Blood study suggests camels could be MERS-CoV carriers

Hat tip LucyT!

28 posted on 08/11/2013 11:39:16 PM PDT by neverdem (Register pressure cookers! /s)
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