flesh eating banana's
Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:31 am
Dear Friend,
Please forward to everyone you love!!
This 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. 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 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.
Manheim Research Institute
Center for Disease Control
Atlanta Georgia