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"Virus Hoax:
Urband Legend Example"
Virus Hoax Warnings: Page 22
of 57
Lethal Rat Urine
May 1998
The following two warnings are related, in that they both claim that you
can be killed by rat or mouse urine or droppings. According to the
Center for Disease Control, this is very unlikely and the symptoms of
the possible infections are different from those in the warnings. Of
course, washing off the top of a can of soda before drinking does not
sound like such a bad idea anyway.
Alert 1
A stock clerk was sent to clean up a storeroom at their Maui,Hawaii
location. When he got back, he was complaining that the storeroom was
really filthy, and that he had noticed dried mouse or rat droppings in
some areas.
Couple of days later, he started feeling like he was coming down with
stomach flu, achy joints, headache, and he started throwing up. He went
to bed and never really got up. Within two days he was so ill and weak.
His blood sugar count was down to 66 and his face and eyeballs were
yellow. He was rushed to the emergency at Pali Momi, where they said he
was suffering from massive organ failure! He died shortly before
midnight.
None of us would have ever made the connection between his job and his
death, but the doctors specifically asked if he had been in a warehouse
or exposed to dried rat or mouse droppings at any time. They said there
is a virus (much like Hanta virus) that lives in dried rat and mouse
droppings. Once dried, these droppings are like dust, and can easily be
ingested if a person is not careful to wash their hands and face
thoroughly,or wear protective gear. An autopsy was conducted to verify
the doctors' suspicions. This is why it is extremely important to ALWAYS
carefully rinse off the tops of any canned sodas or foods,and wipe off
pasta packaging, cereal boxes, etc.
Almost everything you buy in a supermarket was stored in a warehouse at
one time or another, and stores themselves often have rodents. Most of
us remember to wash vegetables and fruit but never think of boxes and
cans. The ugly truth is........ even the most modern, upper-class,
superstore has rats and mice. And their Warehouse most assuredly does.
Whenever you buy any canned soft drink, please make sure that you wash
the top with running water and soap, or if not available, drink with a
straw. A family friend's friend died after drinking a can of soda!
A brief investigation by the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta
discovered the cause. The top was encrusted with dried rat's urine which
is toxic and obviously lethal!!!! Canned drinks and other food stuffs
are stored in warehouses and containers that are usually infested with
rodents and then get transported to the retail outlets without being
properly cleaned.
Please forward this message to the people you care about.
Alert 2
HEALTH ALERT.... Whenever you buy a can of coke or any other canned soft
drink, please make sure that you wash the top with running water and
soap or, if not available, drink with a straw.
A family friend's friend died after drinking a can of soda! Apparently,
she didn't clean the top before drinking from the can.
The top was encrusted with dried rat's urine which is toxic and
obviously lethal!!!!!
Canned drinks and other foodstuffs are stored in warehouses and
containers that are usually infested outlets without being properly
cleaned.
Please forward this message to the people you care about...Thanks.
Copyright 2004 by Jay Jennings
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