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Couldn't be pollution: Flesh-eating bacteria in New Jersey |
2019-06-19 |
(CNN) Climate change may lead to unlikely illnesses in unexpected places, new research suggests: In the past two years, five cases of Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacterial infection spread by handling or eating contaminated seafood, have been tied to Delaware Bay, where water temperatures have been on the rise in recent years, according to a study. |
Posted by:Skidmark |
#7 it is also more common in people with diabetes or persons taking illegal drugs But hardly anyone in New Jersey takes illegal drugs! |
Posted by: Frozen Al 2019-06-19 11:06 |
#6 this disease is one that has been known for centuries even though it wasn't named until the 1950s it typically occurs in 1 person per 200,000 which would mean in a normal years there would be dozens of cases in New Jersey. it is also more common in people with diabetes or persons taking illegal drugs |
Posted by: lord garth 2019-06-19 10:42 |
#5 Five cases in 2 years - is that an increase, a decline, business as usual? Journalists seem to lack any sense of curiosity. Note the word 'Possible' in the article headline. And this nice quote buried N paragraphs deep: "hard to say this is all due to climate change -- although it very well could be." A lot of stuff is possible but how likely is it? |
Posted by: SteveS 2019-06-19 10:11 |
#4 I'm telling you, Cthulhu is coming back. |
Posted by: Dron66046 2019-06-19 08:35 |
#3 I'm not the first to say it - "Global Warming - is there anything it can't do?" |
Posted by: Bobby 2019-06-19 08:06 |
#2 Beat me to it Mercutio, this is NJ after all. |
Posted by: AlanC 2019-06-19 07:51 |
#1 oh, thought the article was going to be about the legislature.... |
Posted by: Mercutio 2019-06-19 07:35 |