Bourbon Virus!

GunnyGene · Feb 21, 2015

OMG! :shock:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Friday the discovery of a new virus that may be spread through tick or insect bites. The virus may have contributed to the 2014 death of a Kansas man who was otherwise healthy.

Working with experts from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and University of Kansas Medical Center (UKMC), researchers found that the virus is part of a group of viruses called thogotoviruses. The virus was named Bourbon virus for the county in which the patient lived. The case is the first time a thogotovirus has been shown to cause human illness in the U.S. and the eighth known case of it causing symptoms in people.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/02/20/cdc-discovers-new-virus-in-kansas/?intcmp=latestnews

Maybe they should have picked a different name, ya think? :wink:

coach · Feb 21, 2015

I heard naming the virus AIDs virtually put the Ayds weight loss supplement out of business.
I doubt if the name will affect Kentucky whiskey consumption much. :wink:

wizofwas · Feb 22, 2015

It's a good thing that I prefer Sourmash whiskey.

blume357 · Feb 23, 2015

Lord, one person out of what?? 6-8 billion on the planet, dies of some rare thing and it makes the news? Too many government employees with way too much time on their hands.....