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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