Disappointed the panic over swine flu is dying down? Have no fear, we have another disease for you to freak out over.
It's raccoon roundworm and there have been two reported cases in New York City, in Brooklyn in particular. Not exactly the most untamed part of the country, I know.
A baby suffered brain damage and a teenager became blind in one eye.
Here's the deal with this disease: you get it from handling raccoon feces because that's where the eggs the roundworms lay happen to be. Now I can understand a teenager inadvertently getting his hands into it, but a baby? Where the hell would a baby get raccoon shit to play with?
Don't worry, folks, the NYC Department of Health is all over this.
Spokeswoman Sally Slavinski says parents should supervise children to keep them from eating raccoon feces. Droppings should be picked up using gloves and disposable bags and put in the trash.
Does this mean we shouldn't go to Burger King any more?
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Rocky Raccon went into baby's room, thinking it was the bathroom...
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