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Dengue in Florida
Category: Infectious disease • Outbreak • Public health • Various viruses
Posted on: July 28, 2010 1:10 PM, by Tara C. Smith
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Thanks, Tara!
Posted by: PalMD | July 28, 2010 6:20 PM
Sun that will peel the skin off your average yankee, equine encephalitis, bird flu, malaria, huge mosquitoes, monstrous flying roaches, alligators that hide just below the surface, pythons lurking, hurricanes, sweltering heat and brutal humidity (87F and 95% RH at 0900), and now dengue fever. Yes, Florida is a hell-hole. It is the suffering of the damned down here.
So stay away. Don't even consider moving down here. If you're already here and can, save yourselves and move away.
Let us suffer in peace.
Posted by: Art | July 29, 2010 1:35 AM
Yes, Florida is a hell-hole. It is the suffering of the damned down here.Thanks yes thats a good idea.
Posted by: film izle | August 24, 2010 7:42 PM