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Warm Water Sparks Flesh-Eating Disease Warning in Florida
ABC News ^ | 7/29/14 | KATIE M

Posted on 07/29/2014 11:36:50 AM PDT by Kartographer

Home> Health Warm Water Sparks Flesh-Eating Disease Warning in Florida Jul 29, 2014, 12:12 PM ET By KATIE MOISSE Katie Moisse More from Katie » Katie Moisse Health Editor via Good Morning America PHOTO: Crescent Beach in Sarasota, Fla. is pictured in this file photo. Florida Officials Warn About Deadly Bacteria in Water Next Video Flesh-Eating Bacteria Survivor Gets Service Dog Auto Start: On | Off

Florida health officials are warning beachgoers about a seawater bacterium that can invade cuts and scrapes to cause flesh-eating disease.

Vibrio vulnificus –- a cousin of the bacterium that causes Cholera –- thrives in warm saltwater, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If ingested, it can cause stomach pain, vomiting and diarrhea. But it can also infect open wounds and lead to “skin breakdown and ulceration,” according to the CDC.

“Since it is naturally found in warm marine waters, people with open wounds can be exposed to Vibrio vulnificus through direct contact with seawater,” the Florida Department of Health said in a statement.

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TOPICS: US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: bacterium; cholera; fl; florida; omigod; sensationalism; vibriovulnificus
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To: Kartographer

Is this something new? Betcha it’s caused by those evil Democrats and Global Warming. Deadly duo.


21 posted on 07/29/2014 12:38:51 PM PDT by upchuck (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

“WTF? Am I supposed to wear a Hazmat suit when cooking lobster?”
Hazmat suits are another Gubment fraud!

Send those lobsters to me for safe disposal!


22 posted on 07/29/2014 12:54:49 PM PDT by GladesGuru (Islam Delenda Est. Because of what Islam is - and for what Muslims do.)
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To: Joe Boucher
“Polluting big sugar, big citrus and big cattle are destroying what only 30 years ago was pristine.”

Just nutrients, and life knows what to do with nutrients.
In an 1895 journal there is a report of a die off in Florida Bay where the water turned brown, grass died, etc.

Back then, the number of white families living in the Miami area was minimal, sugar was an expensive luxury, - - - -

Personally, I have no worries about the environment.

Survival of American culture, on the other hand, IS a worry.

23 posted on 07/29/2014 1:02:04 PM PDT by GladesGuru (Islam Delenda Est. Because of what Islam is - and for what Muslims do.)
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To: Kartographer

I loves to go swimmin,
Wit bowlegged wimmin,
But not flesh-eating bacteria,
I’m Popeye the sailor man.
toot toot


24 posted on 07/29/2014 1:02:40 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives. And `Yertle' McConnell can go pound sand.)
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To: Kartographer

Well now, swimming in Lake Superior doesn’t sound so bad, does it?


25 posted on 07/29/2014 1:10:08 PM PDT by Slyfox (Satan's goal is to rub out the image of God he sees in the face of every human.)
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To: Kartographer

Maybe it’s time to bus all the open sored Aids patients to a south Florida beachparty, to end their suffering!


26 posted on 07/29/2014 1:13:36 PM PDT by Noob1999 (Loose Lips, Sink Ships)
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To: GladesGuru

Ya know what GladesGuru,
Ya ought to fly over big sugar when they burn the fields.
It obviously pollutes the air, water etc and we subsidize them doing such. to the tune of a dime a pound.
Sounds like a great idea,


27 posted on 07/29/2014 1:21:28 PM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) obammy lied and lied and lied)
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To: GladesGuru; Joe Boucher
"I have no worries'

You don't have to worry about it because the Florida taxpayer pays to clean it up.

I read the story yesterday about the GOP elite in Florida taking the free trips to the King Ranch in Texas being paid for by the Sugar industry. I had no idea that the King Ranch was in the Florida sugar business.

28 posted on 07/29/2014 1:45:42 PM PDT by Ben Ficklin
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To: Kartographer

You just had to post this story while I am visiting the Florida panhandle beaches with my family, didn’t you?


29 posted on 07/29/2014 3:21:32 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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To: GreenLanternCorps

Better than you posting a first hand account isn’t it?


30 posted on 07/29/2014 3:56:20 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Joe Brower; JulieRNR21; kinganamort; katherineisgreat; floriduh voter; summer; Goldwater Girl; ...

Got a fungi infection with rash and terrible itching. Dermatologist, a retired Med. Colonel from McDill AFB., prescribed 20 minutes emerged in water at Clearwater Beach, better than any itching ointment!!!


31 posted on 07/29/2014 4:34:00 PM PDT by danamco (-)
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To: Kartographer
Florida health officials are warning beachgoers about a seawater bacterium that can invade cuts and scrapes to cause flesh-eating disease.

Hey! Throw caution to the wind! We ain't gonna get out of this life alive!

32 posted on 07/30/2014 4:21:12 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: Bushbacker1; All

Hey! Throw caution to the wind! We ain’t gonna get out of this life alive! Carpe Diem!


33 posted on 07/30/2014 4:23:17 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: tumblindice

LOL


34 posted on 07/30/2014 4:25:33 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: Neoliberalnot

We had a record low last night

July has pretty much been September....... great!


35 posted on 07/30/2014 4:26:29 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12 ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
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To: danamco

Yeah, except for that Florida beaches have flesh eating bacteria. I’m not sure what beaches have flesh eating bacteria but be careful.


36 posted on 07/31/2014 2:50:40 PM PDT by floriduh voter (The Constitution. Check it out sometime, DC.)
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