Posted on 06/10/2016 7:57:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Scientists have found dangerous drug-resistant "super bacteria" off beaches in Rio de Janeiro that will host Olympic swimming events and in a lagoon where rowing and canoe athletes will compete when the Games start on Aug. 5.
The findings from two unpublished academic studies seen by Reuters concern Rio's most popular spots for tourists and greatly increase the areas known to be infected by the microbes normally found only in hospitals.
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A study published in late 2014 had shown the presence of the super bacteria - classified by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as an urgent public health threat - off one of the beaches in Guanabara Bay, where sailing and wind-surfing events will be held during the Games.
The first of the two new studies, reviewed in September by scientists at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy in San Diego, showed the presence of the microbes at five of Rio's showcase beaches, including the ocean-front Copacabana, where open-water and triathlon swimming will take place.
The other four were Ipanema, Leblon, Botafogo and Flamengo.
The super bacteria can cause hard-to-treat urinary, gastrointestinal, pulmonary and bloodstream infections, along with meningitis. The CDC says studies show that these bacteria contribute to death in up to half of patients infected.
The second new study, by the Brazilian federal government's Oswaldo Cruz Foundation lab, which will be published next month by the American Society for Microbiology, found the genes of super bacteria in the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon in the heart of Rio and in a river that empties into Guanabara Bay.
Waste from countless hospitals, in addition to hundreds of thousands of households, pours into storm drains, rivers and streams crisscrossing Rio, allowing the super bacteria to spread outside the city's hospitals in recent years.
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Cancel my trip to Rio.
The Olympics Pandemic ... has a nice ring to it don’t it?
The mysterious and continuing “jinx” for the country/city that beat the USA/Chicago out for the Olympics!!!!
They’re looking for an excuse to cancel the Olympics do to the crime without saying it’s due to the crime.
Small and deadly it lies there waiting
The germ from Impanema, flagellating
And when ingested the swimmers all go,
Aaahhh!
We warned you Olympians months ago. Of the filth lakes, of Zika and all the violent crime. Many of you didn’t want to hear it, because you have been preparing years for this moment. Well, here’s a new moment to prepare for.
Isn’t it too late to cancel something that big?
Where could they stage it instead. Puerto Rico maybe?
I was in Rio in 2001 and was very disappointed when I went to the beach and the only topless were men.
This is what happens when the crooked IOC shuns the US and puts the Olympics in some “developing” nation.
This could very well be the end of the Olympics as we know it. The IOC now has to beg countries to bid on the Games.
Most likely we’ll see the Games split between several countries in the future.
Tell those flopping beach goers in Rio, to put their tops on while on the beach....obviously not a safe practice.
“The CDC says studies show that these bacteria contribute to death in up to half of patients infected. “
What,exactly is “up to half’?
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Love it!! Very clever....
Thanks for the laugh this evening...
How many condoms were going to be provided for this event???
Maybe if each athlete had a full body condom.
Fortunately for us, that obama and his wife Michael fail to get the 2016 Olympics in Chicago.
Part of the competition has always been to be disease resistant. Only the strong survive.
Don’t really care. Ever since Munich and the Germans did eff all. It’s all just political theatre. The UK doing the surreal ‘NHS ‘ theme was beyond the pale. Made me physically sick.
Please . Americans reading this. If you love yourself and your family, Do not go to this third world cess pool. This country is infested with disease and you need to stay home. I will not even watch on TV. STOP!!
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