Oklahoma heat and drought allow deadly amoeba to thrive
source: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Okla-heat-drought-allow-deadly-amoeba-to-thrive-3798339.php
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State health officials say they are also creating ideal conditions for the growth of a tiny, single-cell organism that lives in Oklahoma's rivers, lakes and ponds and can cause a disease that is almost always fatal.
The organism, Naegleria fowleri, is being blamed for the death of a 9-year-old Bryan County boy who came down with a case of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, or PAM, after swimming and diving in the Red River last month.
The amoeba that causes the disease occurs naturally in warm freshwater worldwide and in the U.S. is more prevalent in the southern states. This summer, triple-digit heat and lack of rain have caused temperatures to rise and levels to fall in Oklahoma lakes and streams — a perfect environment for the organism to thrive, said epidemiologist Lawrence Burnsed of the Oklahoma State Department of Health.
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EmperorThan
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Boy, I'd sure hate to live in... fuck.
- 9 months ago
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EmperorThan
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gardener52
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nice Jan, just what we need, more crap to live through till people WAKE UP and start thinking differently. we need to help the Earth all we can, unless you like living through crap
- 9 months ago
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gardener52
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JanforGore
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http://newsok.com/oklahomas-exceptional-drought-area-more-than-doubles-in-week-r...
How hot is hot enough? How dry is dry enough? Think other species including bacteria and viruses won't be taking advantage of our arrogance and ignorance?
"Oklahoma's exceptional drought area more than doubles in week, report shows
Thursday's U.S. Drought Monitor reports shows 38.86 percent of the state is experiencing exceptional drought, compared to 16.03 percent the previous week. In all, 100 percent of Oklahoma falls in the severe to exceptional drought categories." - 9 months ago
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JanforGore
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JanforGore
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http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/DM_state.htm?OK
Discussing these other effects are what deniers do not want you to do. That's why they keep it on the red herring points. This goes down to and effects the very essence of life itself.
- 9 months ago
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JanforGore
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JanforGore
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It isn't just mosquitoes we have to worry about.
- 9 months ago
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JanforGore
