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Rare flesh-eating bacteria has already killed four beachgoers in Florida this year (www.independent.co.uk)

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Record number of cases of the life-threatening Vibrio bacteria in Florida last year after Hurricanes Milton and Helene

Florida has already seen four deaths tied to a flesh-eating bacteria this year.

State health authorities have reported 11 infections with fatal cases in Central Florida’s Bay, Broward, Hillsborough, and St. Johns counties.

"There's a lot of bacteria that just live in different areas, even in, like, waterborne spots," Dr. Daniel Egan, an infectious disease specialist at Orlando Health, explained to WESH. "So there's fresh water, salt water, and this bacteria called Vibrio vulnificus likes salt water."

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[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 17 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe if we make it ILLEGAL to MENTION the Bacteria we can Solve the Problem!

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