Viral Marketing

This is really the kind of word of mouth advertising you could do without, but I suppose even horrible diseases need good branding. Accordingly, it appears I would enjoy Aids, but that just seems wrong. From designer Steven Lefcourt at TeeFury, so get it before its gone.

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Britney Spears: Patient Zero

Britney Spears in the centre of the next pandemic. Surprise! I would have thought it would have been Paris Hilton.

It's actually a Chinese ad for Panadol, a cold and flu medication. So the Chinese are either celebrity obsessed or think Hollywood celebs spread disease. Probably the later. Well at least she didn't take out Johnny... oh, wait, no! Not Johnny Depp! (Link via The Daily What)

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Daddy, Can I Have Herpes?

Cuddle up with a sexually transmitted disease, courtesy of Drew Oliver's line of 15 giant plush microbes, who claims: "I want to do for microbes what Walt Disney did for rodents." Not into the STDs? Then how about ebola, HIV, or the flesh eating bacteria?

There’s no cure for herpes, so once you get a hold of this little guy, you’ll never be able to let him go. Unlike his biological counterparts, this guy stays around all month long, rather than cycling through active and remission periods. Plus, they won’t leave you with painful, itchy and unsightly blisters.

This also just might be the only way you can give someone herpes while expecting them to ever talk to you again.

Drop those antibiotics and head to the Neatorama store and pick up a disease for the hypochondriac in your life.

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