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#FleshEatingBacteria kill at least 7 along Gulf Coast. Here's how to protect yourself.

By Mark Strassman, Alex Sunby
August 10, 2026

Excerpt: "Researchers as far north as #NewYork have detected the bacteria in waters along the coast. In #Maryland, where over two dozen cases have been confirmed so far this year, health officials warned people to be cautious about swimming in #ChesapeakeBay.

" 'With every year now, because of #ClimateChange, we're seeing it higher and higher in more northerly latitudes,' said Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine."

Read more:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/flesh-eating-bacteria-kill-gulf-coast-how-to-protect-yourself/

#Vibrio #WarmingOceans #VibrioVulnificus #FleshEating #StayOutOfTheWater

#PresidentSlumlord
#Cyclospora
#Cyclosporiasis
#Screwworm
#FleshEatingMaggots
#Vibrio
#VibrioVulnificus
#NecrotizingFasciitis
#ToxicAlgae
#Algae
#TheEpsteinRegime

Recreational shellfish harvesters should be extra careful when collecting #oysters this weekend and next week to reduce their risk of illness. High temperatures are expected during the lowest tides of the year, creating conditions that can allow #Vibrio parahaemolyticus bacteria to grow quickly in oysters and increase the risk of illness from eating them raw or undercooked.

https://doh.wa.gov/newsroom/high-temperatures-and-lowest-tides-year-can-be-recipe-illness

🚨 Flesh-eating bacteria found in Long Island waters! 🌊

20% fatality rate within 48hrs. ⏳

Are our bays safe for summer? 🧪

Read the full report ⬇️

https://www.karmactive.com/vibrio-vulnificus-flesh-eating-bacteria-long-island-waters-2026/

Follow @karmactive for updates. 🌏✨

#LongIsland #PublicHealth #Vibrio

#Louisiana Congressman #MAGA #MikeJohnson is trying to delay release of the #EpsteinFiles by parroting lies spewed by #DonaldTheDeplorable.

Meanwhile in his home state, people are dying from a surge in #Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria. And did I mention, nary a word from the #CDC which is overseen by the brain-eating worm host, #RFKjr. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/oysters-flesh-eating-bacteria-deadly-louisiana-b2816786.html

#Resist the #MAGA death cult and the #Trump #kakistocracy to #SaveAmerica.

PRO TIP: Don't swim in saltwater with an open wound or fresh tattoo. #beach #swimming #vibrio #saltwater #bacteria https://www.houstonmethodist.org/blog/articles/2025/aug/know-the-signs-of-vibrio-vulnificus-a-deadly-flesh-eating-bacteria/

If you're keeping track, that's six deaths from Vibrio vulnificus in (or tracked to) Louisiana so far in 2025. #oysters #vibrio https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/oysters-flesh-eating-bacteria-deadly-louisiana-b2816786.html

Bought some oysters today and the woman at the register wanted to make sure I knew that two people recently died (flesh-eating bacteria) after eating some harvested in Louisiana. Very thoughtful of her. #oysters #bacteria #death #food #louisiana #vibrio

@DoomsdaysCW
"Come, let's go to swim. The water in beautifully warm!"
#climatechange
#vibrio
#vibrionen
#OceanWarming

Ummmm, I'm thinking my days of wading in the ocean are over... "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water" -- tagline from Jaws2.

‘Only a matter of time’: Warming ocean water will make #FleshEatingBacteria that infected #CapeCod swimmer more common

By Sabrina Shankman Globe
August 15, 2025

"News that a Cape Cod swimmer contracted an infection from a bacteria that can cause a flesh-eating disease earlier this month has stunned many across #Massachusetts, but it was no surprise to David Hamer, an infectious disease expert at Boston University.

" 'It’s been sort of only a matter of time,' said Hamer, who helps lead work on #ClimateChange and emerging diseases at the university.

"The infection was caused by a #VibrioVulnificus — a bacteria that thrives in warm water and is more commonly found in areas like the Gulf Coast. Other bacteria in the Vibrio family, including those that cause cholera and acute gastroenteritis, similarly thrive in warm water.

"That’s where climate change comes in, making #NewEngland waters friendlier for the potentially deadly bacteria. 'With warmer water temperatures moving further north, it allows Vibrios to survive, during summer months in particular, at higher latitudes than it had previously,' said Hamer.

"And the water is warmer. Midsummer ocean temperatures were about 2.75 degrees warmer in the period from 2021 to 2025 than they were 20 years ago, according to data from an ocean temperature monitor in #WoodsHole, near where the swimmer contracted the virus."

Read more:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/15/science/flesh-eating-bacteria-cape-swimmer-climate/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/fYq6R

#WarmingOceans #Vibrio #GlobalWarming #OceansAreLife #WaterIsLife #ClimateCrisis #ADayAtTheBeach?

Erreger der mysteriösen Seestern-Krankheit identifiziert. Vibrio-Bakterium verursacht Massensterben von Seesternen im Pazifik. #Vibrio #Seesterne #Seesternkrankheit #Ozean
https://www.scinexx.de/news/biowissen/erreger-der-mysterioesen-seestern-krankheit-identifiziert/

En su libro Bacterias por todas partes, Lucia Almagro nos cuenta que no todas las #bacterias son igual de nocivas.

Por ejemplo, mientras que se necesitan 100 millones de #Vibrio #cholerae para sufrir el #cólera, con tan solo 200 bacterias del género #Shigella nos pillamos una diarrea de aúpa.

https://www.cuantaciencia.com/bacterias-por-todas-partes-lucia-almagro

Bacterial biofilms are important for disease development. This study develops imaging tech to probe spatiotemporal patterns of #Vibrio cholerae #biofilm gene expression, showing that temporal & spatial patterns are established by QS & c-di-GMP, respectively @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3Fga1GX

#Bacterial #flagellar motors: Study sheds light on their #ion-driven mechanisms.

#CryoEM #sodium #vibrio

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-bacterial-flagellar-motors-ion-driven.html

#Vibrio #bacteria sense and respond to changes in cell density & nutrients. @biolluminator &co reveal a link between #QuorumSensing & metabolic regulation that confers fitness advantages in the presence of certain nutrients #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/4fI0AN1

Some "fun" warnings for #Florida tomorrow because of #Hurricane #Milton #HurricaneMilton by my authority as a rando on social media:

Avoid the water because #vibrio: people get horrible skin infections from #flood waters

Avoid the water because #alligators: they get uprooted and travel for miles cranky and lurking in bizarre spots

Avoid the water because of floating gobs of fire #ants: they cling together and look for dry land, don't let them think you're dry land

TLDR:

Avoid #floodwaters

#Vibrio coralliilyticus is a pathogen of #coral & #shellfish. @DrDorSalomon &co show it has two #T6SS systems that are activated at high temperatures. One targets bacterial rivals; the other launches 9 novel toxins against eukaryotic hosts #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3Tvxw2B

RT by @ECDC_EU: The latest issue of Eurosurveillance is out!

This issue features articles on:

➡ the outbreak of #Vibrio cholerae in Mayotte from April-July 2024
➡ preparedness activities for the current #mpox outbreak

🗞 Read it here: https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/eurosurveillance/29/35

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R to @ECDC_EU: Learn about #norovirus in #shellfish, explore the genomic and epidemiological surveillance for seafood products, hear about risks of #Vibrio, #HepA, #phytotoxin, discuss the future of #AMR monitoring in seafood & more!

When? 10 & 12 September
enrol here: https://bit.ly/4dZhG8k

[2024-08-29 14:09 UTC]

RT by @ECDC_EU: The latest issue of Eurosurveillance is out! It includes articles on

➡️ the persistent elevation in the incidence of pneumonia in children in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
➡️ an investigation of the four major #Vibrio species in the Baltic sea

🗞️ Read it here: https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/eurosurveillance/29/32

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