Girl contracts brain eating amoeba after swimming at Arkansas water park

[The Stig]

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A 12-year-old Arkansas girl has contracted parasitic meningitis, a rare and deadly disease caused by a brain-eating amoeba, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Arkansas Department of Public Health.

This is the first known case of parasitic meningitis in years, according to Medical Daily. It is caused by the amoeba Naegleria fowleri and is typically found in freshwater or soil. It enters the human body through the nose, where it then moves to the brain, typically causing death.

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Only one little girl so it's not really a SHTF event (except for her). That said, I can see something like this becoming a large scale problem.

[izzyscout21]

ewwww......

[MegaCPC]

I can see something like this becoming a large scale problem.

If someone released it into public water or something 12 Monkeys style, yea, that could get real bad real quick.

[Possom]

Well I won't be taking my kids to the water park here in arkansas any time soon.

[Brownwater Riverrat 13]

If someone released it into public water or something 12 Monkeys style, yea, that could get real bad real quick.

Great, there ya go giving the bad guys ideas again...........man I thought we trained you better? You need to stop thinking out loud. Try to remember the telepathy training we gave in the earlier thread?

Seriously this is bad, like the flesh eating bacteria. It would make a serious Bio weapon though, serious...........I always thought kidney stones would be a great Bio weapon. As they were doubled over in pain, well you can figure out the rest. Stones are extremely painful......

Heart goes out the the young child and family. Being a husband and father I don't think I would want to go through that with any loved one.

[MegaCPC]

My chip must have fried...

[Twitchy]

If someone released it into public water or something 12 Monkeys style, yea, that could get real bad real quick.

I wouldn't worry about anyone introducing Fungal Meningitis in the water supply. Its actually pretty hard to catch it since it has to make it into the nasal cavity to do any real damage... It's more of a danger when you can get water into your nose, like lakes, etc. I guess bathing might be an issue, but I still don't see it happening...