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[โ€“] FlyingSquid 36 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Fredric Brown wrote a fun very short story (he was known for page-long short stories) about a scientist who discovered immortality and took the serum, but he had a cold at the time, so the bacteria also became immortal, took over his body, became pneumonia and put him in a coma. Eventually, his colleagues buried him.

Edit: Found the story. Got the details slightly wrong, but the gist was the same- https://fb2.top/the-second-fredric-brown-megapack-434391/read/part-16

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Yikes. You don't bury immortal bacteria. You burn them so they're not bacteria any more,