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1 posted on 10/29/2014 8:25:56 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

“Grandma got infected by a reindeer…”


2 posted on 10/29/2014 8:27:25 AM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: BenLurkin
What a relief.

Next to climate change, a shortage of viruses is one of the greatest threats to our continued existence on this planet.

3 posted on 10/29/2014 8:27:56 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: BenLurkin

Why? Don’t we have enough?


4 posted on 10/29/2014 8:29:03 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: BenLurkin

Years ago I read how scientists were able to get viable samples of the Spanish Flu virus by opening the graves of Inuit people who died from it back in 1918.

Wonder how many frozen graves still contain smallpox and other nasties.


7 posted on 10/29/2014 8:29:52 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: BenLurkin

Global Warming will uncover more Poop ?


8 posted on 10/29/2014 8:30:41 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: BenLurkin

Truly The Best News Of The Decade!


9 posted on 10/29/2014 8:30:42 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill)
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To: BenLurkin

If this virus infects Rudolph and the other reindeers on Christmas Eve, I’m going to be pissed.


10 posted on 10/29/2014 8:32:56 AM PDT by PROCON (Ask Yourself This..Are You More Likely to be Infected or Beheaded Today Than You Were 6 Years Ago?)
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To: BenLurkin

Why would someone devote themselves to regenerating a virus?


11 posted on 10/29/2014 8:34:40 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: BenLurkin

Just because they can, doesn’t mean they should. Kinda scary.


13 posted on 10/29/2014 8:37:17 AM PDT by Conservative4Ever (waiting for my Magic 8 ball to give me an answer)
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To: BenLurkin

Well, the viral loading remains suspect until they can determine if the sample is Reindeer Copro-lite or Reindeer Copro-Classic.


14 posted on 10/29/2014 8:38:29 AM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: BenLurkin; SunkenCiv; Slings and Arrows

Ancient dead reindeer bites can be mighty nasty...


16 posted on 10/29/2014 8:44:04 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
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To: BenLurkin
shows how it is possible, using modern techniques in the field of molecular genetics, to recreate ancient viruses
What could go wrong?
17 posted on 10/29/2014 8:46:04 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: BenLurkin

What could possibly go wrong?


19 posted on 10/29/2014 9:10:09 AM PDT by dfwgator (The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
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To: BenLurkin
Ancient viruses regenerated from 700-year-old frozen reindeer poop

I have it on good authority that Michael Moore was regenerated in the same fashion.

20 posted on 10/29/2014 9:25:32 AM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: BenLurkin

My sister got bit by a reindeer.


22 posted on 10/29/2014 9:38:51 AM PDT by jy8z (When push comes disguised as nudge, I do not budge.)
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To: BenLurkin

I seem to recall horror movies starting that way...


23 posted on 10/29/2014 9:47:41 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: BenLurkin
I read, just last night, that the Ebola virus is between 20-50 million years old.

"50 times older than humans."

26 posted on 10/29/2014 10:45:11 AM PDT by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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To: Pride in the USA

What could possibly go wrong?


36 posted on 10/31/2014 6:02:21 PM PDT by lonevoice (Life is short. Make fun of it.)
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To: BenLurkin; neverdem; ProtectOurFreedom; Mother Abigail; EBH; vetvetdoug; Smokin' Joe; Global2010; ..

Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your......

(Since all records of obama's past were lost in a tragic boating accident and fire, no one can be certain that the guy in the red circle isn't him...)

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

38 posted on 10/31/2014 7:14:24 PM PDT by null and void (And I think Kevin Bacon is doomed.)
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