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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 of a 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 of the people you care about as possible as we do not feel
15,000 people is an acceptable number.
Manheim Research Institute
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