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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  

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