Brain Eating Amoeba at LOZ

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

4 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

https://www.lakeexpo.com/boating/the_lake/lake-of-the-ozarks-will-not-eat-your-brain/article_809a6e87-7dd4-4b47-ad13-851b0f0404ba.html?fbclid=IwdGRjcAMTGfBjbGNrAxMZqmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEeKFuuaZXokoC1ew4Ivq1UGO4V2Alw6xeNev4rvBU9aIBTrYz-KLNyd7yefNs_aem_6UYLTJtV8bqdSpXQLOAD_g

It should hold enough weight that only one person has been affected.   Of the amounts of people who are in the lake daily unaffected, I would have to believe other factors contribute to the issue.   But media will always sell. 

[tjm]

I think this is the most interesting part of the entire discussion-  

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, the amoeba lives in all fresh water over 80F all over the world — lakes, rivers, ponds, tap water, poorly maintained pools, puddles,

And I wonder if that's true. For if it is, it's dangerous to take shower. 

[fishinwrench]

2 minutes ago, tjm said:

I think this is the most interesting part of the entire discussion-  

And I wonder if that's true. For if it is, it's dangerous to take shower. 

When we were kids there was the "town branch" that we played in.  I mean every drop of rain that hit the streets & ditches ran through it.     We freely DRANK that !  And I don't mean a little sip here and there..... I'm talking about DRINKING IT ! 

It's truly a wonder..... 

[tjm]

1 hour ago, fishinwrench said:

When we were kids there was the "town branch" that we played in.  I mean every drop of rain that hit the streets & ditches ran through it.     We freely DRANK that !  And I don't mean a little sip here and there..... I'm talking about DRINKING IT ! 

It's truly a wonder..... 

Ahh, no doubt, but the article states you can't get the amoeba orally so drink up. The theory seems that to be exposure happens  if the water gets into your nose, which i can see happening if washing your face or taking a shower, also times when one would be exposed to water over 80F. Rolling in those fresh cool rain puddles and ditches might expose kids to other bad stuff but apparently not the Brain Eater.   

And the idea that it is in all warm puddles world wide would suggest that the seeds/spawn/eggs for these things must be on the ground waiting for the rain to come or in the air? but if in the air they would get into the nose, so they must be on all the dry ground just waiting. Or that Tourist Reassurance Propaganda sheet is full of lies?

Journalistic Science: you make up what you want to believe, we make up what we want you to believe.  No need for truth or logic and we don't need no stinkin facts. 

[jdmidwest]

4 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

"Health officials have not disclosed the patient’s country of origin, but have stated that they are currently under intensive care". 

 

I'm curious why that little tidbit was included in the report 🤔

Others in his family may have been from out of the states and was a carrier.  One little wet fart and the poor guy took one for the team.

[fishinwrench]

1 hour ago, tjm said:

The theory seems that to be exposure happens  if the water gets into your nose,

 

How does that make any sense?   Harmless if in your lungs or stomach.....but deadly if it accesses your sinuses?  

If that's true then it would be better to taste a fart, than to smell one. 

When exposed to heavy fumes is it better to breathe through your mouth ?   

[tjm]

Your Lake Expo article

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After all, the victim was water-skiing here days before they fell ill, and apparently one is more likely impacted by the amoeba exposure when water is forced up the nostrils (it is not possible through oral consumption).

Like I said, I wonder if anything in that article  is true. It reads like it was made up on the back porch. It's obviously intended to make the tourists feel good about playing in the pond and spending their cash there.  

It is true though that the sinus are closely enough connected to the brain that a sinus infection can pass to brain, so it is possible that the nostrils are the route to infection, it just seems far fetched. 

[jdmidwest]

7 hours ago, tjm said:

Your Lake Expo article

Like I said, I wonder if anything in that article  is true. It reads like it was made up on the back porch. It's obviously intended to make the tourists feel good about playing in the pond and spending their cash there.  

It is true though that the sinus are closely enough connected to the brain that a sinus infection can pass to brain, so it is possible that the nostrils are the route to infection, it just seems far fetched. 

We all have our theories on how things happen in the world.

[Gavin]

I think the brain eating Amoeba's already got most of you and you survived!😀

[tjm]

5 hours ago, jdmidwest said:

We all have our theories on how things happen in the world.

That's true and if we print/publish it, we can call it science 

16 hours ago, tjm said:

Journalistic Science: you make up what you want to believe, we make up what we want you to believe.  No need for truth or logic and we don't need no stinkin facts.