Posted on 09/26/2020 1:15:53 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
Just when you thought 2020 couldnt get any worse, several communities in Texas are under a do not use water advisory due to fears that a brain-eating amoeba could be in their tap water.
According to the CDC, the amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, is most commonly found in warm freshwater systems such as lakes, rivers and hot springs in warmer parts of the U.S. People often get infected by swimming in these areas, but the CDC lists contaminated tap water and inadequately chlorinated swimming pool water as very rare instances.
The amoeba infects people by entering the body through the nose and can travel to the brain, causing infection - a rare, but devastating condition known as primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM).
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I know what you mean. I traveled the highway where he died (south of Las Vegas) just 3 weeks after it happened.
The fatality rate is what I was referring to.
LOL! Luckily my bikini always stayed on!!
My friends and I would go a bar on Fridays nights in the summer. We would spread out and search out a guy to take us skiing on Saturday. We got really good at it!
OK, sounds like Y’All got it covered. Great job. I’m impressed the machine company takes good care of it.
Does your well have a meter on it?
No problem, it’s Houston, so it’ll probably starve to death...............
They are sending Joe Biden to Texas to starve the amoeba.
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