Giantmicrobes Inc., has turned the deadly Ebola virus that have infected about 10,141 people in 8 affected countries, and almost killed 5,000, into a lovely and cuddly toys. The company have sold all their stock that includes small Ebola doll for $9.95, a Gigantic Ebola doll for $29.95 and an Ebola Petri Dish toy for $14.95.
The deadly virus toy looks like a brown worm. The company which is based in Stamford, Connecticut specializes on gag gifts. They are not just selling toys they also educate people about disease, virus, bacteria etc. On their website the warn people about the Ebola virus, "A short incubation period of 2 to 21 days presages symptoms which include fever, aches, sore throat, and weakness, followed by diarrhea, stomach pain, vomiting, and both internal and external bleeding. And then, for between 50-90 percent of victims, death."
Aside from Ebola toys, they also sell Anthrax, Botulism, Cholera, E. Coli, Amoeba, Herpes and Dengue Fever and less sinister toys like yoghurt bacteria, Sore Throat, White blood cell, common cold, sperm cells, lab mice and a homo sapiens embryo.
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