Did you know mono and pneumonia came from Africa? Well read on.

A few weeks ago, I took one of my kids who was already plagued with
mononucleosis to urgent care because I suspected he might had pneumonia as
well. After the Pediatrician on duty confirmed the kid had a case of viral
pneumonia (with a physical and an X-Ray exam), he proceeded to ask me
whether the kid had been in Africa recently. I just told him it could be
some e-virus because the kid exchanges emails  with relatives back home.
These American "experts" should be paying royalty to Africa each time each
one of them traces a disease to the Continent.

--Emilie

At 04:38 PM 6/13/2003 -0700, Aggo Akyea wrote:
>Ha, ha, ha, haaa, ha, ha ! ! ! ! ! !
>
>This is the funniest piece of mail I have read in a long time.  Matthew,
>thanks for throwing such a unique light on this whole thing.  God willing,
>we will soon find out why we have survived all these poxes till now.
>
>Have a great weekend, everyone.  And keep smiling.  Cheers.
>
>mathew jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>So there is a rat called Gambian rat? I never knew. Why didn't they say
>>so rather than putting us Gambains on the defensive edge? The way the
>>news was communicated,it was clear that even the news readers were
>>conveying the impression that the rats were actually from the Gambia. So
>>now the monkeypox disease came from Ghana, transmitted by a Gambian rat,
>>that was imported to Texas, that in some way had a randezvous with a
>>prairie dog,that somehow spread the disease to Wisconsin and Illinois.
>>What Garbage.!!!!  What a tall tale.!!!. What is the matter with these
>>people who spread these inaccurate facts ?
>>To tell the truth,I have never seen anyone infected with this disease.
>>Not in The Gambia, not anywhere else in Africa; never EVER.
>>NO, MONKEYPOX IS NOT FROM AFRICA. NO NO NO NO. I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THAT.
>>Next disease please!
>>
>>
>>
>>Aggo Akyea
>>
>>"If you identify a problem, be sure to suggest a method of solution."
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