Posted on 08/28/2014 4:36:46 PM PDT by Kartographer
The water system in Reserve, Garyville and Mount Airy has tested positive for a potentially deadly brain-eating bacteria, the state Department of Health and Hospitals said Wednesday. Officials say the Naegleria fowleri amoeba was found in samples taken from St. John the Baptist Parish's Water District No. 1, which serves 12,577 people in those east bank communities.
There are no known cases of illness from the bacteria. But officials warned residents to take precautions against getting water in their nasal passages, which is how the amoeba can move to the brain.
"Families can take simple steps to protect themselves from exposure to this amoeba, the most important being to avoid allowing water to go up your nose while bathing or swimming in a pool," state health officer Jimmy Guidry. "It is important to remember that the water is safe to drink; the amoeba cannot infect an individual through the stomach.
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same deal with “clips” and “magazines”.
And it has not been a particularly warm summer.
Maybe they should hire some illegal immigrants to pick the amoebas out of the water .... you know, doing the jobs Americans won’t!
Alerio, Jindal, and Edwards....Google them....the brain eating Jindal is trying to infect the Union....fresh outta the “Red Stick”.
Hell, just google John Alerio, and you will find Piyush Jindal, and Edwin Edwards.
Cheers, Johnny!
“It is important to remember that the water is safe to drink; the amoeba cannot infect an individual through the stomach.”
Um, no thanks.
Oh come on, don’t be such a wussy! ;-)
A sample of the brain eating amoeba was sent to the White House, where it died of starvation.
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Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the Bring Out Your Dead ping list (formerly the Ebola ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the Bring Out Your Dead threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
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