Deadly Brain-Eating Amoeba Confirmed in Florida

[babylonsister]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/deadly-brain-eating-amoeba-confirmed-in-florida?ref=home

Deadly Brain-Eating Amoeba Confirmed in Florida
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Allison Quinn, News Editor
Published Jul. 04, 2020 10:09PM ET

Health officials in Florida have sounded the alarm over the discovery of a rare, brain-eating amoeba in the county that encompasses Tampa and several other cities. The Florida Department of Health announced the news Friday that a person in Hillsborough County had suffered a confirmed infection of naegleria fowleri, a single-celled living amoeba that can lead to a dangerous infection of the brain called primary amebic meningoencephalitis. Such an infection “destroys the brain tissue and is usually fatal,” health officials warned. The amoeba is usually found in lakes, rivers, and ponds, particularly when the water is warm. There have only been 37 confirmed cases of the amoeba since 1962, and health officials say the best way to prevent an infection is by “avoiding nasal contact with the waters, since the amoeba enters through the nasal passages.” Of the 143 documented cases of brain infection caused by naegleria fowleri in the U.S., only four people have survived.

[Fullduplexxx]

1. Yea the govenor

[fleur-de-lisa]

16. It would definitely make a better governor.

[NCDem47]

2. It's always something.

Staying alive is hard.

[mokawanis]

3. Maybe that's what ails Trump

the amoeba has been slowly eating Trump's brain, lessening his ability to think and speak and walk down ramps.

[BSdetect]

4. It will starve to death there?

[Ilsa]

10. Best response! nt

[lunatica]

17. LOL!

[Clash City Rocker]

5. Is that why so many people in Florida are dumb?

A local radio show has a bit where they read a story of someone doing something dumb and then ask if it happened in Florida. The answer usually is yes.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

18. Oh really?

Please tell me more.

[Voltaire2]

6. Those amoebas are gonna starve.

[Jirel]

7. Every year.

Warm, still water = naegleria. Summer in FL means lots of super warm water. Global warming means higher temps. Even when I was a kid going to FL with my parents for vacation, you couldn’t pay me to get into any water other than a clean pool or the ocean.

[obamanut2012]

13. And, anything deeper than a puddle may have a gator in it

I live here, and will only go into the ocean, never fresh or brackish water, because of gators and naegleria, Ever.

[EllieBC]

8. Every couple of years there's a story about this.

This year it’s just one more thing but it’s pretty rare. It’s not that common.

[pwb]

9. What does Florida's governor say? go for a swim enjoy?

Global warming will bring many new organisms. The south is screwed.

[Takket]

11. clearly this has been making the rounds since at least 2000

[Baclava]

12. Nobody swims in freshwater, gators, duh

[babylonsister]

15. Tell that to the confirmed infected person. But

I agree for the most part; I surely wouldn't be swimming in any gator-infested waters.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

19. Actually the springs are quite popular.

But gators seem to stay away from those, preferring the darker tannin waters.

[Baclava]

20. You are correct, the clear springs are wonderful. I was thinking of scum covered ponds, lol

[cabot]

14. 2020 just keeps getting better and better

What's next?

[ThoughtCriminal]

21. Super-volcano eruption is on my 2020 "What Next?" bingo card

But I don't need that spot if we get giant "meteor impact" or "hostile space alien invasion".

[ornotna]

22. The Gulf is no safer this time of year

It's got vibrio in it.

V. vulnificus outbreaks commonly occur in warm climates and small, generally lethal, outbreaks occur regularly. An outbreak occurred in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, and several lethal cases occur most years in Florida.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrio