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May 4, 2010

Cute, Cuddly, Contagious

Cute, Cuddly, Contagious - that's the title of a recent Newsweek slide show. The description from the site:

Sweet, adorable creatures can also be hosts to some nasty bugs. 'Zoonotic diseases' are what scientists call illnesses that start in animals and then jump to humans. As many as 75 percent of newly emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, and thanks to globalization, zoonoses that start in China, Africa, or Latin America can easily make their way to America. We're not saying you shouldn't coo at the following photos of (mostly) fuzzy, itty-bitty animals. Just respect their ability to cause a global health pandemic.

Here's the first page of the slide show:



BUT....this is the "cover" page of the slide show when the link is clicked:



Patty Hearst, Obama and an illegal are "cute, cuddly and contagious"?

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