Would you even allow your child to have Ebola plush toys?The Connecticut-based toy company has radically benefited during these dangerous times of Ebola outbreak. Giantmicrobes, in Stamford, blasted company's shelves with their unique Ebola plush toys and now sold out, except for the Ebola petri dish.
The company has three different Ebola products: the Gigantic Ebola for $29.95, Ebola Petri Dish for $14.95 and a small Ebola Doll for $9.95, as displayed on the it's website.
Drew Oliver founded the Giantmicrobes in 2002. The company makes a line of plush toys resembling viruses, microbes, including human pathogens. Giantmicrobes believes that their Ebola products are not merely for the sake of gag gifts but also brings the value of education. It's good though that your kid get to know what's the latest.
The company has extended their plush toys an other products in different countries including United Kingdom, Canada,Australia, Mexico, Chile, Scandinavia and India.
Meanwhile, Ebola has reportedly killed more than 4,800 people and majority of the victims were from West Africa. This 2014 Ebola epidemic is the most severe in history. Different nations have activated their Health Emergency Operations to fight and prevent further spread of the deadly Ebola virus.
The Wikipedia states that Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) was given the first clinical description in 1976 on its first outbreak in Zaire, "The illness is characterized with a high temperature about 39 degrees, hematemesis, diarrhea with blood, abdominal pain, prostration ... and rapid evolution death after a mean of three days." This fatally contagious virus has been discovered from African monkeys, chimps and other nonhuman primates. After becoming infected, the symptoms will likely to start between 2 and 21 days.
Regardless of the outbreak, orders keep coming and I bet many still hope of receiving "Gigantic Ebola" as a gift. Giantmicrobes did not clearly mention the number of Ebola plush toys they have sold but the World Health Organization, American Red Cross and other pharmaceutical firms are on top of their buyers' list.
If you're interested of having Ebola plush toys or planning to give it as a gift, you can simply visit Giantmicrobes' website, hit "Add to Wishlist" and you just have to wait for your Ebola product to arrive. |