Emo and Salmonella don’t mix

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According to WDBJ in Williamsburg, VA, Salmonella has been linked to an outbreak associated with the Green Leafe Cafe that caused the bands My Chemical Romance and Muse to cancel some shows during their current tour (see MCR’s website here). I don’t mind My Chemical Romance, have The Black Parade on my ipod, but I am not nearly as crazy about them as some of their fans:

"Green Leafe Cafe owner Glenn Gormley confirmed receiving death threats from some My Chemical Romance fans."

Death threats are pretty serious, especially from emo fans. You really don’t want to get on their melancholic bad side.

Officials: salmonella sickened My Chemical Romance, Muse members
May 9, 2007
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. Williamsburg-area health officials have linked salmonella contamination to recent illnesses suffered by numerous people, including members of rock bands My Chemical Romance and Muse.
Peninsula Health Department officials are focusing their investigation on people who ate food from Williamsburg’s Green Leafe Cafe over the weekend of April 27th through the 29th. They’ve confirmed that the culprit is salmonella bacteria.
Members and crew of the two bands got sick after performing April 28th at the College of William and Mary. Members of a private wedding party and a William and Mary a cappella singing group also got sick.
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and check out the iFSN infosheet on the outbreak here

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Dr. Ben Chapman is a professor and food safety extension specialist at North Carolina State University. As a teenager, a Saturday afternoon viewing of the classic cable movie, Outbreak, sparked his interest in pathogens and public health. With the goal of less foodborne illness, his group designs, implements, and evaluates food safety strategies, messages, and media from farm-to-fork. Through reality-based research, Chapman investigates behaviors and creates interventions aimed at amateur and professional food handlers, managers, and organizational decision-makers; the gate keepers of safe food. Ben co-hosts a biweekly podcast called Food Safety Talk and tries to further engage folks online through Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and, maybe not surprisingly, Pinterest. Follow on Twitter @benjaminchapman.