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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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snort
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posted on
08/08/2013 5:33:58 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
The gators in my driveway won’t let them in!
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posted on
08/08/2013 5:35:37 PM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: BenLurkin
I don’t smoke... Never did.
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posted on
08/08/2013 5:37:46 PM PDT
by
C210N
(When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
To: BenLurkin
I foresee this thread getting pulled.
To: BenLurkin
Will this lead to a camel jockey shortage?
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posted on
08/08/2013 5:39:36 PM PDT
by
Stormdog
(A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
08/08/2013 5:40:15 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/08/2013 5:40:37 PM PDT
by
meatloaf
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/08/2013 5:41:34 PM PDT
by
GeronL
To: BenLurkin
If it fits....
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posted on
08/08/2013 5:41:48 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Life's short- paddle hard!)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/08/2013 5:42:14 PM PDT
by
bunkerhill7
(("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.))
To: BenLurkin
Actually, it’s an interesting article. They do not say, but I suspect, that racing camels are retired to a life of roasting on the spit. (Yeah, pun and then some.) They’re probably ridden to near death and certain ill health, then, when they’ve caught every disease in the desert, they become someone’s dinner. Not smart.
You think BarrySoetoro has a taste for camels? She said hopefully.
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posted on
08/08/2013 5:47:59 PM PDT
by
Veto!
(Opinions freely expressed as advice)
To: Daffynition
I’m dying on the floor over here. LOL
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posted on
08/08/2013 5:49:03 PM PDT
by
Veto!
(Opinions freely expressed as advice)
To: Veto!
I’d try it, but I’d definitely order it well done.
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posted on
08/08/2013 5:49:30 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin; a fool in paradise
That does it, I'm switching to Gauloises!
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posted on
08/08/2013 5:53:13 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/08/2013 5:55:21 PM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
To: BenLurkin; neverdem
Camels are just a carrier. The origin of the MEV is suspected to be a fruit bat and has yet to be determined. The last ten years the bat population has yielded some pretty virulent viruses in Asia (Not Hawaii), Australia, Malaysia, and the ME.
To: vetvetdoug
Ahh it must be Wednesday, ITS HUMP DAY
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posted on
08/08/2013 6:07:51 PM PDT
by
rstark56
To: BenLurkin
I’m taking Wednesday off now.
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posted on
08/08/2013 6:07:54 PM PDT
by
Makana
(Patience is minor despair dressed up as a virtue.)
To: Veto!
Get up off the floor veto! Life is short. Jump high!
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posted on
08/08/2013 6:27:41 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Life's short- paddle hard!)
To: Daffynition
That’s one heck of a jump!
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posted on
08/08/2013 6:32:29 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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