Good God - there's an amoeba that crawls up your nose and eats your brain?

Nothing new about this pathogenic amoeba - as noted, it’s been around for a long time.

While I suppose going from an average of two deaths a year to six in one year is a “spike”, it doesn’t exactly herald End Times. We’ve had a bunch of unusually warm years recently with no jump in cases, but that doesn’t make for a sexy news story.

In other news, aaaaah, LEECHES!!!

The windblown look suits you.

Knowing about Amoebic Meningitis was part of my childhood, 30 years ago. In the volcanic regions of NZ there are lots of hot pools that we used to swim in. The ones that used water straight out of the ground or had earth bottoms were considered far more risky than filtered concrete lined pools. Most pools now use chlorinated water with heat exchangers - they don’t smell the same, but are safer.

Si

:smiley:

this is stellar !

I can see better with my new bifocals, but not that good.

One of my favourite meals is “scrambled amoeba”: mashed potatos and hamburger hash, all mixed together.

That will teach you bastards for going outside.

Well, it depends a lot on the condition of the soil. :smiley:

Hey, I had my blinker on! You were in my blind spot, anyway!

:slight_smile:

Like Des Moines Iowa, perfect example.

How

is suitably prefaced by

I’ll never know.