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|    RS Wood to Scott Alfter    |
|    Re: Brain-eating amoeba    |
|    28 Jul 15 08:01:52    |
      From: rsw@therandymon.com              On 2015-07-27 23:50:48 +0300, Scott Alfter said:              >> This is not to say you cannot enjoy the springs in Lake Mead, just take some       >> simple precautions. The amoeba enters the body through the nose only, it       >> will not harm you if swallowed. Plugging your nose when going underwater, or       >> keeping your head above water will prevent any infection. This is rare, but       >> please be careful.       >       > 98%? At least the odds of this bug picking you to infect are pretty damn       > slim...more people have been killed by lightning (about 3700 from 1959 to       > 2003).              How long until the bugs mutate slightly and notice that there's at       least one other orifice at the other end that serves equally as a point       of entry and is more likely to be under the water's surface full-time?       )              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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