TRADING CARDS
July 1st, 2004
BY MONICA DOBIEMOVE over Harry Potter trading cards. Make way for deformed child victim of polio and newborn afflicted with tetanus trading cards. Yes indeed folks, disease cards complete with gory, graphic pictures and interesting facts on the back are making the rounds in school playgrounds across the United States.The cards are issued courtesy of the USA's Centre for Disease Control (CDC), based in Atlanta, and are based on the popularity of collectors cards, such as the popular 'Magic' series.Cards displaying a close-up picture of an ulcer, a young child ...
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