virus = "any disease-causing organism whatsoever"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Fox News this morning: "The beef in your refrigerator could be contaminated with a deadly virus! We'll tell you exactly the brand you must not eat - and why!"

  OK, don't eat "Moran's.". The "virus" turns out to be the aggressive kind of _E. coli_ bacteria.  A recall has been declared.

  Some days ago an on-screen head was talking about the "virus" that causes bubonic plague, and why you should steer clear of rodents in Denver.

  JL


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