How Do You Weaponize A Rabbit? -- Jason Bittel, The Week
A bacteria found in rabbits could be turned into a potent bioweapon by terrorists. In fact, it's been done before.
There are four major infectious agents that officials fear terrorists will turn into potent bioweapons. The first three you know — smallpox, anthrax, and the plague. The fourth? An itty bitty bacterium that wikes to wive in bunny wabbits.
Don't let its host of choice fool you — tularemia is a serious disease. Humans can contract the nastiness through the bites of ticks and flies or handling the corpses of infected bunnies. Failure to cook said bunnies thoroughly will also make you sick. And that's not all. Back in 2000, 15 residents of Martha's Vineyard came down with "rabbit fever" in a single season — an outbreak thought to have started when someone ran over an infected rabbit with a lawnmower.
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My Comment: When I first read the title .... I could not help but guffaw and have a good laugh. But .... here is the surprise .... there is a lot of truth in this story.
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I know the news is dark, but I couldn't resist:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=cCI18qAoKq4
When you post anything where, upon clicking on a video,the screen for many viewers goes dark and the message appears "The uploader has not made this video available in your country." you are contributing to censorship.
Not only can it happen here. It is.
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