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| Wolf Bird | Posted: Aug 19, 2011 - 23:11 |
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 I shoot you dead. Level: 9 CS Original | http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/08/19/139781956/hold-your-nose-to-avoid-brain-eating-amoebas Afraid of brain eating amoebas? Plug your nose when you jump into lakes and rivers, or jump in a way that doesn't force water up your nose. | |||||
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| Kaiser Falkner | Posted: Aug 19, 2011 - 23:15 |
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 HAIL HYDRA Level: 6 CS Original | There was an episode on some cable network called "Monster's Inside Me" that talked about a kid who died from one of these. He apparently got it from wake boarding in a lake. Honestly, it hasn't stopped me from going in lakes and water skiing, but it is pretty crazy that these things are in lake beds. In all reality, these things are really scary, but what are your odds of actually contracting one? EDIT: 1 in 10 million. I totally missed that the first skim through. | |||||
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| Omni-Science | Posted: Aug 19, 2011 - 23:29 |
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 Ordo Ab Chao. Level: 8 CS Original | @Kaiser Nasty pathogens of all kinds are all over the place, dude. Don't sweat it. I mean, MRSA is everywhere, including hospitals, but I'm not going to avoid going to a hospital if I needed one, and that's taking into consideration that MRSA is actually an alarmingly common pathogen afflicting hospital patients. | |||||
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| Wolf Bird | Posted: Aug 19, 2011 - 23:40 |
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I shoot you dead. Level: 9 CS Original | Have you seen the giant microbe plushies? The MRSA one has a cape because it's a superbug! On topic: there's bugs everywhere. And a lot of the bugs that live in us can be harmful if they start reproducing out of control. | |||||
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| Omni-Science | Posted: Aug 19, 2011 - 23:49 |
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Ordo Ab Chao. Level: 8 CS Original | Indeed. You can blame people taking antibiotics irresponsibly for a large portion of that. | |||||
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