In case anyone is inclined to relax for even a moment, I bring you the next great global health scare. It’s a world exclusive.
Mammoth Flu: you feel hot, even on cold days
This latest threat to human survival is like a real-life Jurassic Park scenario, with just enough plausibility to justify an elevated state of alarm!
Be very afraid – and if this turns into the BIG ONE, remember you got your first warning here…
The (as yet) slender factual basis for a Level 5 Alert is in this seemingly inoffensive article in yesterday’s Independent: Microbes found miles beneath Greenland ice given new life. I know, the storyline needs a bit more fleshing in. But I figure the mainstream hacks can do that.
Incidentally, if your dog ever digs up an unusually large bone, you might get it checked out by a paleontologist. You don’t know what might have chewed it last.
