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I hope this is not one of those scam articles, it sounds like the truth.  If
it isn't forgive me please.  Nancy B

> 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.
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>   It is advised not to purchase Bananas for the next three weeks a 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 narcotizing
>   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.
>                      Mannheim Research Institute
>                     Center for Disease Control
>                    Atlanta Georgia
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>         Please forward to everyone you love!  I have checked the source
>   and itis VALIDATED FROM THE CDC.  (center for disease control in
>   Atlanta Georgia)
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