Re: [CTRL] Going Bananas

2000-02-08 Thread Prudence L. Kuhn
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- In a message dated 02/07/2000 10:37:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I strongly doubt this story...necrotizing fasciitis is a form of strep, and doesn't have to 'live' on banana skins (or any other fruit,

[CTRL] Going Bananas

2000-02-07 Thread earthman
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- Even if it does appear on Urban Legends, I will be giving bananas a rest for a while. Peter From: Dr. Joseph Puleo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 5:43 PM Subject: [Fwd: [Fwd: Bananas...]] Warning: Several

Re: [CTRL] Going Bananas

2000-02-07 Thread Ynr Chyldz Wyld
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- I strongly doubt this story...necrotizing fasciitis is a form of strep, and doesn't have to 'live' on banana skins (or any other fruit, for that matter) to cause a threat...it is naturally found on the skin of every human being. It

Re: [CTRL] Going Bananas

2000-02-07 Thread Andrew Hennessey
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- 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