In article <87hf0ofzfc.fsf at genehack.org>, "John S. J. Anderson"
<jacobs+usenet at genehack.org> wrote:
> > I can't find much on the actual symptoms of Hunta, but it *seems* to be
> > a killer - very rapid. So you probably don't have it :) have a trawl
> > around google, yahoo, etc.
>> Based on the description in the OP's OP, she's actually concerned
> about _hanta_ virus, which is transmitted via rodents. AFAIK, the
Ahh . . .
In which case, http://medlineplus.adam.com/ency/article/001382.htm
> are present in the air as dust; doesn't seem to me that breathing the
> smoke given off by burning some rodents is a likely route of
> transmission.
I'd have thought the heat would have killed the virus . . .
> (I swear, there's a Monty Python sketch in there somewhere...)
>
John, don't go there . . .
Too late!
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