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Eradicating the Jim Virus

Mark Devenport | 17:49 UK time, Monday, 12 January 2009

Off the back of a question about people requesting treatment for flu, Jim Shannon asks the Health Minister a series of "catch all" queries. "In respect of the last year (i) what is the scale of viruses present in the Ulster Hospital; (ii) to detail the viruses found in all hospitals; (iii) what steps were taken to eradicate the viruses; and (iv) if they have returned in the same period."

In response, Michael McGimpsey turns in a dead pan act as a secondary school science teacher. "Viruses cannot be eradicated: they are found wherever there is life and are thought to have existed since living cells first evolved."

Although I suppose that depends on whether you believe in evolution or not.


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