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To: GreatRoad; ColdOne
That type of disease occurs in Africa - it was probably brought here by an African carrier (human). Obummer strikes again.

Bull! Utter total bull. The Aeromanas bacteria species is found in any fresh water, and if you suffer a deep wound and the bacteria shifts from needing oxygen to anaerobic you can, if unlucky, suffer a necrotic condition. It has nothing to do with African carriers, and nothing to do with Obama. There are many mistakes Obama has made, 99.99999% of them FAR greater than a person getting a dangerous bacteria infection (the fall of the US, for instance, is far greater), and he can be brought down by focusing on them. Not by coming up with infantile arguments that make a site like FR a target (and there are people who focus on showing how FR is a site of misfits, rackets and idiots). It would be difficult for an African (human, or animal, or whatever you'd classify one as) to bring a 'disease' that existed in the water before the first African came to the US.

But hey, since logic is not common I doubt that matters one bit.

From the FDA:

Aeromanas hydrophila, Aeromonas caviae, Aeromonas sobria & (Aeromonas veronii?) Aeromanas hydrophila is a species of bacterium that is present in all freshwater environments and in brackish water. Some strains of A. hydrophila are capable of causing illness in fish and amphibians as well as in humans who may acquire infections through open wounds or by ingestion of a sufficient number of the organisms in food or water.

16 posted on 05/19/2012 11:14:33 AM PDT by spetznaz (Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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To: spetznaz

Yes, and not even the Group A Strep variant, a somewhat more common cause of necrotizing fasciitis, has anything in particular to do with Africa (more than anywhere else). I have some personal history with necrotizing fasciitis and am a bit lighter for the experience.


20 posted on 05/19/2012 11:33:31 AM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture TM)
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To: spetznaz

Sorry I forgot to put the /sarc. I like to do humor, doesn’t always translate. I swim on open fresh water training for meets - I do wonder abt bacteria sometimes but not too much.


22 posted on 05/19/2012 12:30:44 PM PDT by GreatRoad (O < 0)
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