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Brain-Eating Parasite KILLS Missouri Swimmer
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| August 26, 2025
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Posted on 08/26/2025 6:23:54 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
I’m perfectly safe from brain eating parasites...
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posted on
08/26/2025 6:28:28 AM PDT
by
Bob434
(Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana)
To: Red Badger
If this is so dangerous, why aren’t signs posted warning about this and asking people to take precautions? Where are the local authorities on this?
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posted on
08/26/2025 6:28:53 AM PDT
by
nwrep
To: Bob434
But yeah, I think these parasites can even be picked up eating shellfish. Heard also about vegetables carrying so ething simi.ar because snails crawl across the leaves of veggies and leave parasites in the slime or something. Was happening in Hawaii, a bit, and also in some US states in north
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posted on
08/26/2025 6:30:44 AM PDT
by
Bob434
(Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana)
To: nwrep
reliably because the risk is so small- hardly ever hear about anyone getting it
Though didn’t rfk Jr have a brainstorm or parasite?
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posted on
08/26/2025 6:32:50 AM PDT
by
Bob434
(Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana)
To: Bob434
I hear ya ...
Wait ...
What ...?
Well apparently Kamala Harris and the
ENTIRE cast of “The View” CANNOT be
harmed by this
Seriously, scary though...
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posted on
08/26/2025 6:33:23 AM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
To: Red Badger
Before one can put a boat in the water in Colorado, it has to be inspected for Zebra mussels.
But apparently brain eating parasites (sounds like Democrats) are okay.
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posted on
08/26/2025 6:34:04 AM PDT
by
real saxophonist
(Michael Bennet claps on 1 and 3.)
To: Red Badger
Kids have gotten it in the kiddie pool at home; last one reported on FR was a woman got it from her RV water storage tank I believe, about a month ago.
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posted on
08/26/2025 6:36:48 AM PDT
by
sopo
To: Red Badger
This is a (very) rare but well known risk of fresh water swimming in middle and lower latitudes in the US.
Warning signs probably wouldn’t reduce incidence much since it is already so low AND fresh water swimming on a hot summer day is a universally beloved pleasure.
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posted on
08/26/2025 6:38:42 AM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
To: Jim Noble
“AND fresh water swimming on a hot summer day is a universally beloved pleasure.”
Especially by alligators
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posted on
08/26/2025 6:43:10 AM PDT
by
Fai Mao
(I used to care, but things have changed ~ Bob Dylan)
To: Jim Noble
Ear and nose plugs would help...................
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posted on
08/26/2025 6:44:15 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
put “amoeba” or “brain eating” in FR search bar, you’ll see it is a freak accident contracted in very unique ways.
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posted on
08/26/2025 6:45:14 AM PDT
by
sopo
To: Red Badger
In the good old days you died from old age, consumption, heart gave out, fever, accident, murder, war, and his time was up.
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posted on
08/26/2025 6:46:47 AM PDT
by
kickstart
("A gun is a tool. It is only as good or as bad as the man who uses it" . Alan Ladd in 'Shane' )
To: Red Badger
This approach puts the burden of protection on individual families rather than government agencies responsible for public safety.
To: Red Badger
Whenever I swim in fresh water I put alcohol drops in my ears as soon as I get out. I learned to do that from Girl Scout camp MANY years ago.
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posted on
08/26/2025 6:48:52 AM PDT
by
ryderann
To: ryderann
Good move!.........................
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posted on
08/26/2025 6:50:08 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
Rather than taking decisive action to warn citizens or temporarily restrict access during peak danger periods, officials offer generic safety advisories while maintaining full recreational access. Wasn't there a movie that used this same premise for keeping their beaches open despites reports of a predator in the waters just off beach? Hmm, sounds very familiar.
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posted on
08/26/2025 6:50:40 AM PDT
by
ducttape45
(Jeremiah 17:9, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?")
To: Red Badger
Who writes this crap? Missouri has had four cases in 40 years, so they should shut down all the recreational lakes and swimming holes? wtf.
To: Red Badger
No more swimming in shallow warm waters or at all in July, August and September when deeper water is warm.
No more motor-boating where people may enter the water, as that stirs up the sediment.
That’ll help reduce the risk.
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posted on
08/26/2025 6:53:52 AM PDT
by
jacknhoo
(Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
To: Bob434
ALL liberals are safe as well. 😶🌫️
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posted on
08/26/2025 6:56:14 AM PDT
by
alstewartfan
(Old admirals who feel the wind Are never put to sea. Al Stewart)
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