EV71 Outbreak In China Sparks Fears For Olympics

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Posted by timothy on Saturday May 03, 2008 @07:45PM from the not-funny-at-all dept.

OMNIpotusCOM writes "CNN is reporting an outbreak of Enterovirus 71 (or EV71), that has affected more than 3700 children and killed over 20, is creating concern for the visitors and athletes expected for the Beijing Olympics in August. The virus can cause 'poliolike paralysis,' according to the article."

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Conspiracy comments in... (Score:3, Funny)

by Infonaut ( 96956 ) writes: <infonaut@gmail.com> on Saturday May 03, 2008 @07:49PM (#23287338) Homepage Journal

5... 4... 3...

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Re:Conspiracy comments in... (Score:5, Funny)

by rob1980 ( 941751 ) writes: on Saturday May 03, 2008 @07:52PM (#23287370)

This is clearly Tibet's doing! Curse you, Dalai Lama!

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Re:That's okay... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Saturday May 03, 2008 @07:56PM (#23287392)

Those poor Tibetan ducks!

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28 days later (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Saturday May 03, 2008 @08:00PM (#23287434)

i'd hate to see what happens 28 days later

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Re:28 days later (Score:1, Funny)

by Chutulu ( 982382 ) writes: on Saturday May 03, 2008 @08:23PM (#23287560)

zombies run like Carl Lewis?

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That's okay (Score:5, Funny)

by Fear the Clam ( 230933 ) writes: on Saturday May 03, 2008 @08:24PM (#23287572)

I'm sure the Chinese have some sort of perfectly safe medicine for this.

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Re:Conspiracy comments in... (Score:4, Funny)

by techno-vampire ( 666512 ) writes: on Saturday May 03, 2008 @08:27PM (#23287586) Homepage

You'd better be careful about that or you just might reincarnate as a Dali llama!

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Re:Conspiracy comments in... (Score:3, Funny)

by pizzach ( 1011925 ) writes: <pizzachNO@SPAMgmail.com> on Saturday May 03, 2008 @08:45PM (#23287680) Homepage

Dali is a sheep, not a llama.

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Re:That's okay... (Score:3, Funny)

by iggymanz ( 596061 ) writes: on Saturday May 03, 2008 @08:51PM (#23287718)

you know how to eat a duck, don't you. put a leg over each of your ears and start licking.

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Disease Take Out (Score:2, Funny)

by Rhesusmonkey ( 1028378 ) writes: on Saturday May 03, 2008 @09:00PM (#23287776) Homepage

Whenever I get a disease from China, I'm hungry for another global pandemic like, thirty minutes later.

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Re:Conspiracy comments in... (Score:5, Funny)

by vikstar ( 615372 ) writes: on Sunday May 04, 2008 @01:28AM (#23289180) Journal

Oh, god, no... no god, please help me. I used "to" where I should've used "too". If I put my ear to the ground I can already hear the spelling/grammar cavalry charging.

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Re:Consideration (Score:3, Funny)

by Opportunist ( 166417 ) writes: on Sunday May 04, 2008 @09:35AM (#23291000)

(Windows fanboy mode on)

See? I always told you Linux does not protect you from catching a virus!

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Conspiracy comments in... (Score:3, Funny)

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28 days later (Score:2, Funny)

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That's okay (Score:5, Funny)

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