“Well, doc, I keep having these strange symptoms.”

“Strange in what way?”

“Well, I keep slaying the living and draining their still warm bodies of blood and other fluids with hypodermic fangs. I have developed a severe aversion to sunlight, running water, strongly-presented holy symbols, and slivers of wood.”

“When did these symptoms begin?”

“Not long after Dr. Hardtmann prescribed me Wampiria™, the Once-Daily Pill for Mild to Severe Rheumatoid Porphyric Hemophilia.”

“Did you have Mild to Severe Rheumatoid Porphyric Hemophilia?”

“No, but he prescribed it just in case, as a placebo.”

“That, in a nutshell, is why we can’t have good antibiotics anymore, my friend.”

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