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Jeff Wacker, a futurist at Electronic Data Systems Corp., said...cash will likely be around for a long time unless there is an extraordinary event such as a link between cash and a deadly disease such as the Avian flu. "Short of that, I don't think there will be a dissolution of actual physical cash."
Originally posted by depth om
hahah The flu being spread by paper money?
However, all the strains lasted longer when they were dripped onto the notes along with human nasal mucus. Some lasted as long as 17 days. One strain that lasted only two hours on its own lasted 24 hours in mucus.
Originally posted by Pauligirl
Originally posted by depth om
hahah The flu being spread by paper money?
Yeap. And yuck. I had to go wash my hands after I read this.
www.newscientist.com...
However, all the strains lasted longer when they were dripped onto the notes along with human nasal mucus. Some lasted as long as 17 days. One strain that lasted only two hours on its own lasted 24 hours in mucus.