2009-03-19

willowroot: (Default)
2009-03-19 03:40 pm

My own "student's answers are insane/funny/great" bit...

Second midterm exam in the virus class I'm TA'ing. The material covered on the exam includes emerging diseases, such as Ebola. Here's the question & answer:

What are prominent symptoms of Ebola infection?

bleeding from orifices, reddened eyes, death


*snrk*

My response:

death Yes, well, but that's not a symptom, per se...

(Just because something's got an 90%+ mortality rate doesn't make "death" a symptom)