Beating Bosda to the Panic (Species Jumping Disease Alert)

[Tuckerfan]

Humans, it now appears can contract Simian Foamy Virus.

African ape hunters are being infected by the same class of viruses that causes AIDS, scientists say, raising fears of a possible epidemic of a new disease in the future.

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Contrary to conventional wisdom, that suggests that animal-to-human transmission is “widespread and arising from various locations where people are naturally exposed to mandrills, gorillas and other monkeys and apes,” Burke said.

So it’s looking like we shouldn’t be eating our cousins. (Of course, it might not be safe to eat mashed potatoes, either.)

[dogbutler]

@Tuckerfan

So it’s looking like we shouldn’t be eating our cousins.

In other words,spank the monkey,don’t eat it.