{"id":2009931,"date":"2023-08-23T20:03:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T00:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flesh-eating-bacteria-kills-five-people-in-florida\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T20:04:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T00:04:34","slug":"flesh-eating-bacteria-kills-five-people-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flesh-eating-bacteria-kills-five-people-in-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Five people in Florida die from &#8216;flesh-eating&#8217; bacteria."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflesh-eating-bacteria-kills-five-people-in-florida%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2009931&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Deadly &#8220;Flesh-Eating&#8221; Bacteria Claims Lives\u2063 in Florida<\/h2>\n<p>Tragedy strikes as five individuals in Florida have succumbed to an infection caused by the \u2062rare and notorious &#8220;flesh-eating&#8221; bacteria known \u2063as\u200b vibrio\u200d vulnificus. This deadly bacterium thrives in \u2062saltwater and marsh environments, posing a significant \u200cthreat to those who come into contact with it.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida Department \u2062of Health has reported a total of 26 cases across 17 counties, a decrease compared to the 74\u200b cases and 17 deaths recorded in \u20632022. However, the severity of this infection cannot be underestimated.<\/p>\n<h3>Public \u2062Health Concerns<\/h3>\n<p>Not limited to Florida, vibrio vulnificus has\u200c also claimed lives in other states. Governor \u200cKathy Hochul of New York recently issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-image-show-an-nhs-poster-linking-the-covid-19-vaccine-with-bells-palsy\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show An NHS Poster Linking The COVID-19 Vaccine With Bell\u2019s Palsy?\">public health warning<\/a> following a confirmed death due to vibriosis. Additionally, three deaths in Connecticut this summer have been attributed to this disease.<\/p>\n<p>The Cleveland \u2062Clinic warns that vibrio vulnificus causes the most severe form of vibriosis. Its symptoms, including fever, chills, vomiting, and diarrhea, can easily be mistaken \u200cfor other illnesses, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flesh-eating-bacteria-kills-five-people-in-florida\/\" title=\"Five people in Florida die from 'flesh-eating' bacteria.\">making early detection challenging<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>A Widespread Issue<\/h3>\n<p>The Centers for Disease Control and \u200cPrevention estimates\u200c that vibriosis affects\u200d approximately 80,000 individuals \u200dannually in the United States. However, only\u200d a \u200dsmall \u2063fraction, ranging from 100 to 200 cases, can be attributed to vibrio vulnificus.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to \u200bnote that certain strains of vibrio vulnificus can lead to necrotizing fasciitis, a severe infection\u2064 that \u2064causes\u200c the flesh surrounding open wounds to deteriorate. This horrifying consequence has earned the bacteria its infamous &#8220;flesh-eating&#8221; nickname.<\/p>\n<p>Extra precautions should be taken by\u200c individuals with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-advisers-to-discuss-covid-booster-shots-for-those-with-weakened-immune-systems\/\" title=\"CDC advisers to discuss COVID booster shots for those with weakened immune systems\">weakened immune systems<\/a>, such as the elderly or \u2062those with chronic conditions, when\u200d near saltwater \u200cbodies. \u2063Additionally, it is crucial to avoid consuming undercooked shellfish or seafood, as they can be potential sources of infection.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida Department of Health has not disclosed the ages\u200d of those \u2063affected or deceased from vibriosis this year.\u2062 However, it\u2064 is worth mentioning that the \u2063victims in New York and \u2062Connecticut were all over the age of 60.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on this concerning issue, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click here<\/a> \u200dto read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five deaths in Florida have been caused by vibrio vulnificus, a rare &#8220;flesh-eating&#8221; bacteria found in saltwater and marshes. The Florida Department of Health has recorded 26 cases across 17 counties, lower than the 74 cases and 17 deaths reported in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2009932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2009931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2009931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2009932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2009931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2009931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2009931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}