Gonorrhea Lectim

There's a fungus amongus. According to Reuters:

"A potentially deadly strain of fungus is spreading among animals and people in the northwestern United States and the Canadian province of British Columbia, researchers reported on Thursday.

"The airborne fungus, called Cryptococcus gattii, usually only infects transplant and AIDS patients and people with otherwise compromised immune systems, but the new strain is genetically different, the researchers said. 'This novel fungus is worrisome because it appears to be a threat to otherwise healthy people,' said Edmond Byrnes of Duke University in North Carolina, who led the study.

"The new strain appears to be unusually deadly, with a mortality rate of about 25 percent among the 21 U.S. cases analyzed, they said."

Meanwhile, a clever Wall Street Journal reader posted this comment in response to the paper's editorial On Presidential Rhetoric:

"The Center for Disease Control has issued a warning about a new virulent strain of an old disease. The disease is called Gonorrhea Lectim. It's pronounced "Gonna re-elect 'em," and it is a terrible obamanation.

"The disease is contracted through dangerous and high risk behavior. Many victims contracted it in 2008...but now most people, after having been infected for the past 1-2 years, are starting to realize how destructive this sickness is.

"It's sad because Gonorrhea Lectim is easily cured with a new drug just coming on the market called Votemout. You take the first dose in 2010 and the second dose in 2012 and simply don't engage in such behavior again; otherwise, it could become permanent and eventually wipe out all life as we know it.

Several states are already on top of this, like Virginia and New Jersey, and apparently now Massachusetts, with many more seeing the writing on the wall."