Re: New killifish plague

[ZAMAR1 at prodigy_net]

I've heard that in extreme cases some victims have 
been known to quit their CPA jobs and move to Quito 
to seek unknown, undiscovered, undiscribed species.

Sue
--- Original Message ---
From: Wright Huntley <jwwiii at pacbell_net>
To: "killietalk at aka_org" <killietalk at aka_org>
Subject: New killifish plague

>I just picked up the rumor.
>
>The latest research has turned up a killifish 
disease we all should look out
>for.
>
>I think the work was done at Stanford, and will be 
in next months NEJM.
>
>It is propagated by shining flashlights on killifish 
that are minding their
>own business. The reflected light is apparently 
highly infectious.
>
>Symptoms are the urge to have more species than can 
be rationally supported.
>Some strongly infected individuals have been known 
to travel across country
>or even to foreign lands to satisfy the intense 
cravings caused by the
>disease.
>
>In the most absurd cases, the person has even been 
known to wade in filthy
>jungle streams and to rave wildly at blown tires and 
torn mosquito nets.
>[Ebola is classified as only mildly contageous, by 
comparison.]
>
>More information will be coming out later, but this 
is all we have heard, as
>of today, April 1, 2002.
>
>Wright
>
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>
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