Platelets aren't cute or innocent or good. They're evil killers!

"Despite many medical advances over the last few decades, mortality rates for sepsis have not really improved," said Robert Freishtat, MD, MPH, of the Center for Genetic Medicine Research at Children's National Medical Center, who led the study. "But now that we know that platelets, which we previously believed to be merely 'innocent bystanders,' can actually contribute to the development of fatal complications from sepsis..." ... During sepsis, platelets collect within major organs including the spleen, an important infection-fighting organ. As they collect and come into contact with the organ's cells, the granzyme B, if present, will cause the organ's cells to die.

Damn those platelets! Damn them to HELL, those treasonous bastards! I suppose they also took bailout money and paid bonuses to corrupt lymphocytes as well, to keep them out of the fray!