Hmmm, kills 50% of the people who get it, but we do not know how many get it because they either do not become very sick or they do not come up with an accurate diagnosis....
So the 50% is a scare tactic.
It has been around for some time.... so it has been around us for a while.
It is not easily spread.... so wash your hands and arms after fooling around in the dirt or in storm drains.
“However, most of those people infected with the bacteria don’t show symptoms and develop antibodies against it...”
Right, so it sounds like the “50%” is regarding the number of people who die if they don’t develop antibodies against the bacteria, which is probably a pretty small minority already.
Wash your hands.. If ya get in da mud on da bayous— wash de mud off’n yo laigs and sluice down with 10% bleach. Done, clean enough.
This is less deadly than inhaled fresh water amoeba (which if fully nasally inhaled could... could rot the brain from within. Amoebic.).
Call the “uh-0h” squad- give em a reason to live.