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- seattlegirluw, on 10/06/2009, -0/+31Yes, but it's a TURTLE disease, which means it spreads slowly. Everyone will have plenty of time to get out of the way. Except for those cocky hares.
- DeskFlyer, on 10/07/2009, -1/+20As opposed to the cosine flu?
- MacBookForMe, on 10/06/2009, -0/+16...and many more pet diseases could easily spread to humans...
- badqat, on 10/06/2009, -1/+12I've never really gotten turtles as pets. I prefer my pets to have fur, I suppose.
But this ought to give parents pause in letting their kids have pet turtles beyond the cuddly issues. - mav3rick92, on 10/08/2009, -1/+11I LIEK TURTLES!
- 1MACVEEDUB, on 10/08/2009, -0/+8Could you people please stop having sex with your pets.
- lnxfi, on 10/08/2009, -0/+7no
- postitnote, on 10/08/2009, -0/+7SHUT
DOWN
EVERYTHING! - fr3nch, on 10/08/2009, -0/+6Teenage turtle mutant flu?
- EnTaroTassadar, on 10/08/2009, -0/+6I just told my uncle's therapist about your insightful post.
- 2winhe1ix, on 10/06/2009, -1/+7OM NOM NOM
- jordantneff, on 10/08/2009, -0/+5Oh ***** it's the brine flu!
- buckeye45, on 10/08/2009, -1/+6turtle flu! alert the press! this blow this ***** out of proportion!
- tryshalosh, on 10/06/2009, -2/+7As soon as we are done with Sine flu pandemic we can focus on the turtle flu
- EnTaroTassadar, on 10/08/2009, -0/+4Experimental vaccines are already being manufactured by Umbrell- er, Pfizer.
- slyzxx, on 10/08/2009, -0/+4Because people are stupid and don`t wash their hands before and after handling turtles, I`ve had them for over 20 yrs and no problems.
- hypnotichexes, on 10/08/2009, -0/+3Great, now I'm gonna get to hear about Turtle Flu for the next 12 months.
- xenophrenia, on 10/08/2009, -0/+3Turtles used to be illegal as pets due to them being carriers of salmonella. Here is a PDF of a FDA regulation regarding this. So ... there are a lot of diseases possibly carried by animals. Watch out - all pets will be banned because they are hazardous to our health. Someone will try this ... mark my words ; ).
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/environment/medicine/ar ... - fragMasterFlash, on 10/08/2009, -0/+3Oh god! I've got a turtle head poking out!
- sodoh, on 10/08/2009, -0/+2Symptoms include Ninja abilities and craving for pizza.
- jayjayjoni, on 10/08/2009, -0/+2don't tell CNN.
- OmarJasso, on 10/08/2009, -0/+2I use my slider turtle as a loofah.
- inactive, on 10/08/2009, -0/+2but who will save the wee turtles?
- stangwhip, on 10/08/2009, -0/+2Turtle power.
- theghostofme, on 10/08/2009, -0/+2Bird flu: Check
Swine flu: Check
Turtle flu? Someone get working on that, stat! CNN is about to run out of H1N1-related stories! - sinisterouge, on 10/08/2009, -0/+2beware of trout flu as well
/o&a - mbtria, on 10/08/2009, -0/+1The article provides the genus and species of the turtle, but failed to give the species of Mycobacteria that was found. This was a failure of journalism in that the best description given was of the wrong organism. There are 50+ species of Mycobacteria.
- mbtria, on 10/08/2009, -0/+1It is a unnamed Mycobacteria species, not a staph infection.
- tgc1, on 10/08/2009, -1/+2Don't forget the Avian Flu.
- scottlawsonbc, on 10/08/2009, -1/+2ZOMG PAAAANNNNIIIIIICCCCC!!!!!!!
- s0nicfreak, on 10/08/2009, -0/+1Oh please, you can get diseases from furry animals too. Simply teach your child how to handle the turtle and things will be fine.
- lorddazzer, on 10/08/2009, -0/+1Someone call mario!
- anubis2night, on 10/08/2009, -1/+2this title is a bit of a alarmist call. the article just says that turtle are susceptible to a new type of staph disease that has not been seen before. it also mentions that children have been known to get sick from turtles and or staph disease. but it also mentions that pets are ok even turtles if they are healthy and clean. pretty much everything we already knew. apparently if ou have a cut and your turtle is sick you can get sick too. next item from this website: caution water may be wet...
- NeilSkoglund, on 10/08/2009, -0/+1omfg turtle flu too?!
- Pinkertinkle, on 10/08/2009, -0/+1mycobacterium eh, you mean TB and leprosy combined?
- Khemikl, on 10/08/2009, -0/+1It's payback for the blackface skit on Hey Hey It's Saturday.
- InactiveUser, on 10/08/2009, -0/+1Cat scratching at the back door is it?
- InactiveUser, on 10/08/2009, -0/+1I bet you wish you could keep a furry muff....
- Neorio, on 10/08/2009, -1/+1WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!
OMG PANIC! - chowell18, on 10/08/2009, -1/+1Are you serious? Next we'll find out they are karate masters & talk to rats.
- steinAEU, on 10/08/2009, -0/+0tht sucks lol. time to take out those turtles from the zoo and transfer them to a safe place
- onceuponabrain, on 10/08/2009, -0/+0The turtle looks like an alien to me, and now he's turning all of us into turtles.
- getsome2k, on 10/08/2009, -1/+1OMG... bird flu, swing flu, turtle flu.... and I was planning on eating turtle soup for dinner!!
- BigBambino, on 10/08/2009, -1/+0Shredder must be behind this!
Get Casey Jones and April on the phone, stat!
Oh, and get a pepperoni pizza while you're at it... - verdantx, on 10/07/2009, -8/+4I don't like turtles.
- tootim, on 10/06/2009, -8/+0Email sent to my cousin, his mom and brother. Those things are charming but.. filthy.
- tootim, on 10/07/2009, -12/+0I keep thinking it says "could spread to hamas"
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