RE: Fw: WARNING from Center of Disease Control....HOAX

[Sue Brown <sbrown@wamedes.com>]

Could be a revenge attempt for the two students killed in Costa Rica this
week.  It's always a good idea to check the hoax warnings.

Sue

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>Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 01:19:00 -0500
>From: "C Eyler" <eyler@mindspring.com>
>To: "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@endurance.net>
>Subject: RC:  RE: Fw: WARNING from Center of Disease Control....HOAX
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>Hoax!!!
>
>Please, before you forward on something like this, check with
>http://urbanlegends.about.com/culture/urbanlegends/library/blhoax.htm
>
>Cindy
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: GESA BRINKS [mailto:gesaeqfx@pe.net]
>Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 1:16 AM
>To: Sheila Cabral
>Subject: RC: Fw: WARNING from Center of Disease Control....NO JOKE
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>Subject: WARNING from Center of Disease Control....NO JOKE
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>Subject: FW: Not a joke - read (Center of Disease Control)]]
>> > >> I'm passing this along because it sounds really scary, and comes from
>a reliable source.  Debbie C.
>> > >>> Subject: Not a joke - read (Center of Disease Control)]]
>> > >>> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 14:19:44 -0500
>> > >>>> My husband works at Merck's research facility and this warning was
>sent  to them  and has been validated by the Center for Disease Control. I
>thought I should pass it along to you...
><mailto:HGlasberg@aol.com>
>> > >>>> Date:       02/15/2000 10:13 AM
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> Please forward to everyone you love!!
>> > >>>>> I have checked the source and it is VALIDATED FROM THE CDC.
>> > >>>>> (center for disease control in atlanta georgia)
>> > >>>>> 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.

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