DON'T WIG-OUT, JUST MOVE ALONG

Woke up this morning to the statement that birds are quite a bit more interesting than Dutch American males, why everybody wants to look at them, much more than some antiquated geezer, heavens, why the thought even. That goes double for dead Hollanders! This per a voice from the kitchen asking me to please move two of the pictures in the teevee room.
Self portrait of Vincent Van Gogh BEHIND the etching of a vulture.
So that we can see the handsome bird.

Far be it from me to disagree with a household consensus. Majority opinion.
Domestic tranquility is my watchword.
I have done it.


Probably the most vibrant data from recent reading is that necrotizing fasciitis can affect all parts of the corpus, but it is much more common in the extremities, perineum, and genitals.
Vibrio vulnificus, the causative agent, is present in tidal pools, estuaries, and at the beach. One more reason to avoid those places. It is related to the cholera bacterium, and likewise has a cell envelope consisting of a thin peptidoglycan cell wall between two membranes.
Most often infections will cause severe abdominal pain.
It can become quite nasty.

Key words: invasive sepsis, septic shock, and necrotizing infections.
Probably best to avoid raw oysters and undercooked fish.
Do not swim with open wounds in warmer waters.
Women are slightly less at risk.

Estrogen may have some protective effect. No, I shall not share that datum with my apartment mate. It might give her a false sense of confidence.
It has not been proven yet, in any case.

One of the people with whom I associate likes to head to the beach on sunny days with his spouse. Shan't mention any of this to him, or his significant other either, the next time I see him, as deaths from vibrio vulnificus are fairly rare, and occur more often in warmer waters further south. Neither of them are environmentally paranoid and likely to panic.

Severe flooding after hurricanes increases infection risk.
Florida and Louisiana have had more cases.

Global climate change has probably been the reason why the border zone of infections has moved north about thirty miles each year along the East Coast. And per the Rightwingers, global warming doesn't exist. I sincerely doubt that many rightwingers can read, or are even aware of scientific articles and disease statistics. Besides, science, common sense, and all health precautions, are strictly for woke lefties. Red-blooded Americans don't need that.


Nor will I myself actually worry about it, anyway.

I don't swim in the Gulf Of Trump.



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