Embarrassing: Governor Mistakenly Gives out Phone S*x Number Instead of Meningitis Hotline

In a very embarrassing mistake, Florida Governor Rick Scott gave out a phone s*x hotline number to citizens of the state who are seeking information on a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak. During a update about the nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak to the Florida Cabinet Tuesday, the governor inadvertently gave out a number that will do nothing to help people looking for information about the condition – an adult phone line number.

Scott had announced what he said was the hotline’s toll-free phone line. However, the governor’s office was alerted by a public radio station which was monitoring the cabinet meeting and posted the number on its website immediately! The station said it was “quickly notified by a reader that the number instead connected to an adult telephone line.”

Callers to the said line are greeted with the recording of a woman’s voice saying: “Hello boys, thank you for calling me on my anniversary…”

Eventually, spokesperson for the governor, Jackie Schutz said the governor inadvertently misread the number. He was informed of the error and was able to correct himself about 20 minutes later in the same meeting. Since the outbreak began, 138 people have contracted meningitis and 12 have died, including one in Florida, according to the latest tally from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday.