Since the Nipah virus first appeared in late February
among pig farmers in the Negeri Sembilan region, southeast of Kuala Lumpur (New Scientist, 3 April, p 4), it has caused 106 deaths.
Among the many right - wing luminaries scheduled to speak at this year's CPAC are: Sam Brownback, the
pig farmer turned governor of Kansas who recently stripped LGBT state workers of employment non-discrimination protections, Ben Carson, the neurosurgeon turned professional Obamacare basher who compares marriage equality advocates to supporters of bestiality and pedophiles, and half - term Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin who is well, Sarah Palin.