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To: jerod
Don’t go swimming with an open wound.

...or a fresh tattoo.

In 2024, a total of 82 cases of Vibrio vulnificus and 19 deaths were reported to Florida Health.

There were 46 cases and 11 deaths in 2023.

8 posted on 07/17/2025 3:42:08 AM PDT by NautiNurse
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To: NautiNurse

https://www.floridahealth.gov/diseases-and-conditions/vibrio-infections/vibrio-vulnificus/index.html

Scroll down and hot the tab for the chart.

Looks to me like cases are way down since last year...


17 posted on 07/17/2025 4:57:49 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: NautiNurse

Good advice... Fresh tattoo’s are essentially open wounds. One doesn’t think about that... But I’m thinking about it now. Fresh tattoo... Don’t swim.


19 posted on 07/17/2025 6:09:27 AM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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