Thursday, February 03, 2005
Do You Remember...SARS?
A recent JAMA article (December 15 2004) entitled "Civets Off the Menu?" reminds us that those nutty civets are still out there doing what they do best: spreading SARS. And while the last thing I want to do is tell restaurateurs in China how do their jobs, the fact that 70% of civets are infected makes me think that--just maybe--civets should have been taken off the menu several years ago.
When looking for an image to help me illustrate how dangerous civets are, I stumbled upon this one:
which I found a little confusing. What exactly is this picture saying? That civets don't have SARS? Because, listen, I know that they do. Did the civet choose to wear this badge as a warning? Because that doesn't really jibe with the one thing I know to be true about civets: they are exceedingly unreliable.
Here is a more helpful visual:
"I am totally rocking the SARS virus."
When looking for an image to help me illustrate how dangerous civets are, I stumbled upon this one:
which I found a little confusing. What exactly is this picture saying? That civets don't have SARS? Because, listen, I know that they do. Did the civet choose to wear this badge as a warning? Because that doesn't really jibe with the one thing I know to be true about civets: they are exceedingly unreliable.
Here is a more helpful visual:
"I am totally rocking the SARS virus."
