Posted on 12/27/2023 11:56:50 AM PST by Red Badger
Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas counties have reported 45 cases of the bacteria in December, with nine different strains observed in the Portland metro area since October.
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Multnomah County is encouraging residents to watch their hygiene after a boost in shigella cases was observed in Old Town Portland.
Shigella is a bacteria that spreads via fecal matter, and creates symptoms that include fever, stomach cramps, vomiting, and diarrhea. It can last anywhere from three to 10 days.
“Shigella spreads when one person’s infected poop gets into another person’s mouth through food or water, from objects or surfaces with shigella bacteria on them, or during sex,” Multnomah County said, according to KOIN 6. “Shigella spreads very easily. Even a very small amount is enough to make someone sick.”
Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas counties have reported 45 cases of the bacteria in December, with nine different strains observed in the Portland metro area since October.
The Portland Police Bureau’s Central Bike Squad also joined in on the calls for awareness, making a post about hygiene on Instagram on Dec. 22.
Previously, Multnomah County discovered a "cluster" of drug-resistant shigella cases in November, with 16 cases found in the Portland metro area since September.
A total of 218 cases have been reported in 2023, with the county saying that the majority of strains penetrate the region by way of international travelers and “social-sexual networks.”
“Local disease patterns suggest that fecal-oral spread through sexual contact may account for between half and more than two thirds of all cases without international travel. The rest are typically attributed to other types of person-to-person spread including outbreaks among populations with lack of hygiene, shelter, and sanitation, and among people who use illicit substances,” county officials explained to KOIN 6 News.
The county added that “during 2020 a single strain of Shigella caused multiple clusters among men who have sex with men, persons experiencing homelessness, as well as causing outbreaks at a food cart, and separately, a healthcare facility. Multnomah County epidemiology immediately identified these shifts into defined outbreaks and were successful in stopping illness spread from the food cart as well as within the healthcare facility.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that there are approximately 450,000 shigella infections in the United States every year. Health officials say that while most people will recover from the illness within a week or two, symptoms can sometimes last longer and be more critical to those with weakened immune systems.
Well its mostly liberals. So it’s to be expected.
“Shigella spreads when one person’s infected poop gets into another person’s mouth”
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I’ve suggested this to many Leftists I know, but I’ve stated it more concisely.
“Shigella spreads when one person’s infected poop gets into another person’s mouth ...”
ESAD. Don’t anybody tell those Oregonians to stop eating that stuff!
Shigella happens, man.
Shigella’s gettin’ real.
I guess that takes Rim Jobs off the menu.
I wonder if this has anything to do with it.
“Portland Has the Second-Highest Percentage of Same-Sex Households in the Country
In the 2019 U.S. census, 2.6% of Portlanders said they have the same gender as their spouse or partner”.
Good thing lunch happened a while ago and dinner is still hours away. Tea time may be ruined though.
Of course the poop capitol of America SF is No. 1.
Paradise by the Sea!
It’s positively shameful some of the stuff you see out here.
This reminds me of the first time I read through Leviticus. It amazed me that there are some behaviors that people have to be told not to do.
Don’t eat sushi in Portland.
This is what they get for voting Rat.
Cholera is imminent.....just a matter of time
Sadly, that’s right.
Oh yes. I’m sure this has happened or will happen there but maybe the papers will perhaps keep it on the Q.T.
Nancy looks the other way but how do you look the other way in SF when ‘the other way’ is all around you.
Don’t be telling them what to not do in;
Their own homes
In their parades
In front of your kids during Drag Queen events
On public streets
In legislative offices
At the White House
On Air Force One
etc.
etc.
etc.
Still waiting for the bottom to be reached for Leftists.
Not even close, apparently.
Apparently they did...................
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