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September 12, 2009
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You could pick up the H1N1 virus this fall simply by heading into a Newbury Comics shop or the Bearskin Neck Country Store in Rockport - a plush, huggable version of the virus, that is. Just in time for Christmas, Giantmicrobes Inc. has released its latest toy: a giant replica of the swine flu.

The Stamford, Conn., company was started by Drew Oliver seven years ago as a way to educate children about microbes. Oliver started with toy versions of the common cold and the sore throat, but has since branched out into more exotic maladies such as typhoid ...

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