Diarrhea less humorous when it kills people

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The diarrhea song is known the world over to send children into bales of laughter. Well, perhaps not the whole world over. This sobering PSA for WaterAid (from agency Kitcatt Nohr Alexander Shaw in London) reminds viewers that children who live in places without proper toilets frequently contract deadly diarrheal diseases—and 4,000 of them die from such diseases every day. "When it's just killed your sister/And you're really going to miss her/Diarrhea, diarrhea," the boy sings quietly.

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