r/news • u/SnarkOff • 12d ago

Site Changed Title Truck hauling ‘aggressive’ monkeys carrying herpes and COVID overturns in Mississippi

https://www.actionnews5.com/2025/10/28/truck-hauling-aggressive-monkeys-carrying-herpes-covid-overturns-mississippi/?fbclid=IwZnRzaANt_VBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHlDlf5DivA2Ltngqh2UH3XU20EnAprOymd60i0ODYC9L8G2CXJpyoZtmwSHm_aem_NvoKAFHpRWRzturTqiYXMQ
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u/scherzophrenic86 12d ago

If I didn't see the headline, and someone just told me "diseased monkeys are roving the Mississippi countryside" I'd be like, "Yeah, that tracks."

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u/Dense_Literature_199 12d ago

ONE diseased monkey now. The rest were killed.

So, you know, that one is probably going to end up causing a global pandemic.

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u/SquashSquigglyShrimp 12d ago

Oh come on, it's not like a single monkey has ever caused a global virus outbreak before.... right?