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Rio Olympics on life support, super bugs found at venues and on beaches
2016-06-11
[Rooters] 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The findings from two unpublished academic studies seen by Reuters concern Rio's most popular spots for tourists and greatly increase the areas known to be infected by the microbes normally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.

They also heighten concerns that Rio's sewage-infested waterways are unsafe.

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.
Posted by:Besoeker

#10  At the rate we're going there will be very few 1st world countries left in 20 years.


I think that's the plan.
Posted by: Sputer Lumplump9822   2016-06-11 14:48  

#9  "Even if Hillary wins?"

Especially if Killery wins, #6 grom. >:-(
Posted by: Barbara   2016-06-11 14:22  

#8  Heck g(r)om, if Hillary wins I'll drop it to 15 yrs. The US in less.
Posted by: AlanC   2016-06-11 13:38  

#7  Ummmm Salmons!
Posted by: Shipman   2016-06-11 12:46  

#6  At the rate we're going there will be very few 1st world countries left in 20 years.

Even if Hillary wins?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-06-11 12:26  

#5  They must be shitting BRICs

Snark of the day.
Posted by: charger   2016-06-11 11:16  

#4  This is what happens when you take a now 2nd world country that is devolving to 3rd world and try to pretend it's 1st world.

To quote Heilein: "this is known as bad luck".

At the rate we're going there will be very few 1st world countries left in 20 years.
Posted by: AlanC   2016-06-11 11:04  

#3  I had an opportunity to go to Brazil as security for Team USA. I decided to go salmon fishing in Alaska instead.
Posted by: Bangkok Billy   2016-06-11 11:01  

#2  ...Starting to wonder if Tom Clancy wasn't prescient yet again in his plot to destroy the world in Rainbow Six.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2016-06-11 09:24  

#1  Time to fire up the Junior Varsity for Rio. Save the best for the next.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2016-06-11 08:05  

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