Posted on 12/31/2023 4:16:54 PM PST by Morgana
A highly contagious infection that is spread through tiny particles of fecal matter has broken out in Portland - with officials warning that the homeless population are most at risk of catching the illness.
Shigella is a bacteria that spreads through human feces. People transmit the infection after getting the microbes on their hands and then touching their mouths.
People can also spread the intestinal infection through sexual intercourse.
Multnomah County in Oregon has warned that homeless people and same-sex male partners are most at risk because of their lack of access to hygienic facilities.
In the last month, 45 cases have been found in Portland, bringing the total from 2023 to 218. The influx of infections were reported among unhoused people in downtown Portland's Old Town neighborhood.
Teresa Everson, the county's deputy health officer, said: 'Current disease patterns in Multnomah County suggest that fecal-oral spread through sexual contact may account for between half or two-thirds of all cases without international travel.
'These cases can occur because bathrooms, handwashing sinks and soap can be hard to access when you aren't housed.
'And unhoused community members are at higher risk of infectious diseases in general, as they experience poorer health than the broader public.
'We would like people to not feel anxious in general unless they are in one of the specific populations.
'We have not seen cases of folks in the general public who have acquired infection that we can't explain.
'Most of the cases that we are seeing are associated with sexual activity, and some with travel. So we do not have any cases that would point us to a risk to the general public.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
In this case probably an “anal bead of knowledge”? Sorry...
ouch?
Ride by every morning and put a fire hose and some car wash soap on these folks and their sidewalks.
Where is CDC guidelines?. They wanted to jail the unvaccinated.
The flu from hell is breaking out in America. Had it.
Generally 2 weeks in bed followed by a few or several days knocked on your butt for the next month.
Never went through something like this before.
FLU FROM HELL!
My family loves to eat at Mothers. They moved to new digs. My wife and son ate there a couple months ago and liked it, as always.
Homosexual rampant activity for the win.
Just like you and me they are.
It gives new meaning to the term: ESAD
They made their bed, let em ESAD.
Wait until it hits San Fran!
OMG!
Check out their feces map! EVERYONE will be affected!!!!!
I have it now!
Last one out of Portland, please turn off the lights!
I think that’s called “buggery”.
Shigella is also spread by flies, who land on poop and get it on them, and then come to land on your cole slaw.
Yes, I spent a summer as a teen on a mission trip to Haiti - our accommodations were nasty and dirty (including the outhouse we had to use)
We only ate the food we brought but the flies were terrible and on everything. Our building did not have screens.
Long story short, most our team had dysentery, some had to be life flighted back home. I didn’t but I did get sick and also got shigella. Awful, awful. I lost 30-something pounds. Even though I was being treated back in the states, I smelled bad, like I was sweating out toxins from my pores. I was a senior in high school and for the first few months no one could stand to be near me.
I am livid that these third world diseases are in the US 😡
Men who have sex with men are particularly at risk for infections with antimicrobial-resistant Shigella. Antimicrobial resistance happens when germs like bacteria and fungi develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them. That means the germs are not killed and continue to grow. Shigella germs are increasingly resistant to antibiotic treatment.
Not fun AT ALL.
Never went through a flu that bad.
Sucked on steroids!!!
I’m so sorry for you. It ain’t fun
Curl up in bed and wait it out.
Took me a month to get back to 100%.
Flu from hell.
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