Re: [Leica] Off topic but worth reading

[Steven Alexander <alexpix@worldnet.att.net>]

To all banana eating Leica users (on topic):

The world wide web is a great thing; however, it is also a slippery slope
for mis-information.  That is what this is email warning is.

My son lost his wife to necroitizing fascitis and we are quite sensetive to
any mention of it.  I eat bananas.  This email caught my attention.  To
learn more I went to the CDC web location.
 
The following is from the CDC web site, www.cdc.gov,:
> 3    0.84    http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/banana.htm
> NCID: False Internet Report about Bananas
> Summary: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for
> Infectious Diseases states that the current email rumor circulating about
> Costa Rican bananas causing the disease 'necrotizing fasciitis' is false. We
> have not heard any reports of cases
> 11816 bytes, updated 02-10-2000
Please enjoy eating bananas and check out important information appearing in
the form of email even if you generally trust the source.

Best,
Steven Alexander

on 4/4/00 12:25 PM, Bill at m6rf@yahoo.com wrote:

> This has nothing to do with Leica, but you may find it worth while
> reading..
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
> 
> In a message dated 3/23/00 8:53:42 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> bushee@mtdata.com writes:
> 
> My husband works at Merck's research facility
> and this warning was sent
> them and has been validated by the Center for
> Disease Control. I thought
> I should pass it along to you...
> 
> Please forward to everyone you love!!
> I have checked the source and it is
> VALIDATED FROM THE CDC.
> (center for disease control in atlanta georgia)
> Warning:
> Several shipments of bananas from Costa Rica
> have been infected with necrotizing fasciitis,
> otherwise known as flesh eating
> bacteria.  Recently this disease has decimated
> the monkey population in
> Costa Rica. We are now just learning that
> the disease has been able to
> graft itself to the skin of fruits in the
> region, most notably the Banana
> which is Costa Rica's largest export.
> Until this  finding scientist were
> not sure how the infection was being
> transmitted.  It is advised not to
> purchase Bananas for the next three weeks
> as this is the period of
> time for which bananas that have been shipped to
> the US with the possibility
> of carrying this disease. If you have eaten a
> banana in the last 2-3 days and
> come down with a fever followed by a skin
> infection seek "Medical Attention"!!!
> The skin infection from necrotizing fasciitis
> is very painful and eats two
> to three centimeters of flesh per hour.
> Amputation is likely, death is
> possible.  If you are more than an hour from a medical
> center burning the flesh ahead of  the infected area is
> advised to help slow the spread of the infection.
> The FDA  has been reluctant to issue a country
> wide warning because of fear nationwide panic. They have
> secretly admitted that they feel upwards of 15,000 Americans will be
> affected by this but that these are acceptable numbers.
> Please forward this to as many people you care about as
> possible as we do not feel 15,000 people is an acceptable number.
> Manheim Research Institute
> Center for Disease Control
> Atlanta Georgia >>
> 
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