Portland facing an explosion of a ‘highly infectious illness that spreads through fecal matter’

“Progressive” Democrats have successfully turned a figurative septic tank into a literal one—the open sewage system that is left-controlled Portland is currently “grappling with” a “highly infectious illness that spreads through fecal matter” and if that isn’t the very definition of poetic irony, then I don’t know what is. Here’s the lede from a Fox News item published today:

Portland, Oregon, is grappling with a cluster of a highly infectious illness that spreads through fecal matter and puts the city’s large homeless population at high risk, according to health officials.

The “waste-borne illness” known as shigellosis is caused by the Shigella strain of bacteria, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that symptoms include “bloody or prolonged” diarrhea, and “feeling the need to pass stool (poop) even when the bowels are empty.” As Fox also reported, cases are “skyrocketing” across the area:

The data provided by Multnomah County shows that Shigella cases have increased in recent years, skyrocketing in 2023 by 131% compared to 2021 in counties surrounding Portland.

As one might guess, the population defecating in the streets and living by the thousands in tents and under bridges without running water, and engaging in prostitution and anal sex, is at a significantly higher risk than the average Portlander; also via Fox News:

Homeless individuals in Portland have accounted for a large portion of those infected, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported last month, with health leaders finding that sex was likely the most common way the bacteria was spreading.

(I highlight the homosexual prostitution aspect because after spending two years volunteering with an organization that sought to alleviate the social isolation experienced by Portland’s homeless population, this is an undeniable reality.)

Ugh - I was scrolling through yt videos and the first scene on one short was a man in a short dress squatting and lowering himself on a drinking fountain spout. Two seconds before I realized what it was. He was wearing a torn mini dress and was naked from the waist down.

And earthquake with the west coast falling into the ocean can’t come soon enough.

I refuse to use water fountains in public.

I carry water with me when we travel.

There was a community near us at one time that had an e. coli outbreak in their water, and that was with water treatment and all. That’s when I realized that you just can’t trust water sources even when they should be trusted.

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