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JCMach1

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August 8, 2014

Enjoy Florida's Beautiful Beaches- Catch a Flesh-eating Bacteria

Be afraid to go back in the water... very afraid...

Vibrio thrives in warm water and this naturally occurring bacteria is striking those with open wounds or weaker immune systems with 32 hospitalized in the state.

But in the ocean waters and the Gulf Of Mexico, a naturally-occurring bacteria called vibrio vulnificus has state health officials issuing an alert after a 10th person died this month in the State from an infection from the rare flesh-eating bacteria... http://www.cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/officials-warn-flesheating-bacteria-treasure-coast-waters-18164.shtml?wap=0&


Thanks global warming and BP... thanks alot!!!

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