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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?   
   )   
      
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