{"id":8079,"date":"2003-08-15T12:27:24","date_gmt":"2003-08-15T12:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streettech.dreamhosters.com\/?p=8079"},"modified":"2003-08-15T12:27:24","modified_gmt":"2003-08-15T12:27:24","slug":"get-a-virus-for-your-special-someone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/?p=8079","title":{"rendered":"Get A Virus For Your &#8220;Special Someone&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/streettech.com\/storypics\/rhinovirus_small.jpg\" align=\"right\"> I couldn&#8217;t help but think this is kinda cute, especially if you&#8217;ve got a med-student or doctor in your life: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.giantmicrobes.com\">Giant Microbes<\/a> sells stuffed toys inspired by such maladies as Helicobacter, Streptococcus, and the lovable Rhinovirus (pictured, right). <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/streettech.com\/storypics\/worm_small.jpg\" align=\"left\">They even have a new addition to the family based on some speculation on what a Martian bacteria might look like according to fair and balanced scientific findings (pictured, left). All of these cute little diseases can be had for around $6 apiece. I&#8217;ve just ordered a set of microbes (4 for $20) because what&#8217;s better than having your special someone say &#8220;oh yeah, he got me Shigella for my birthday&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I couldn&#8217;t help but think this is kinda cute, especially if you&#8217;ve got a med-student or doctor in your life: Giant Microbes sells stuffed toys inspired by such maladies as Helicobacter, Streptococcus, and the lovable Rhinovirus (pictured, right). They even have a new addition to the family based on some speculation on what a Martian &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/streettech.com\/?p=8079\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Get A Virus For Your &#8220;Special Someone&#8221;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8079\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}