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No. 437: "Easy Come, Diseasy Go"

At Wednesday's American Medical Association press briefing on infectious diseases (the leading cause of death worldwide) researchers warned that dangerous strains of drug-resistant germs were emerging as a result of several things Americans are doing. For example?

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Wednesday's Question (No. 436)—"Real Beef á Roma":

Mayor Francesco Rutelli has rescinded Rome's official support for a July event he now says is inappropriate in this Holy Year declared by Pope John Paul II. What event?

"National Fetal-Cell Experimentation Day."—Gary Drevitch

"They were going to raise money for a kids summer camp using a lottery where people would guess how much the pope would drool at the next Mass."—Steven Davis

"Put me down as a self-disgusted 'similarly' for any answer involving slaughtering cats."—Jon Zerolnick

"The Second Coming. That egotist John Paul II doesn't want ANYONE stealing his spotlight."—Daniel Radosh (Michael Mannella had a similar answer, but Armageddon.)

"Um, pointy hats! Pontiffs! The Coliseum! Bastille Day! July Fourth! C'mon, put it in. I may not have the rhythm, but I have the words."—Dola Nasr

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