Texas residents warned of tap water tainted with brain-eating microbe

[MikeMA]

Was reading a Guardian link in the Brexit thread when I saw this. Blimey!

 

[Rob998]

Houston, you have a problem...

 

[wow&flutter]

I’m sure there were a couple of HouseMD episodes on a Naegleria infection!

 

[gordon]

Something’s been eating Texans’ brains for a while.

 

[Arkless Electronics]

Ah so that explains why they vote for trump!

 

[Yank]

That would explain a lot.

 

[cooky1257]

Explains a lot.

 

[Barrymagrec]

How could they tell?

 

[hifinutt]

and in pakistan in 2008 too !! horrible little microbe

 

[Arkless Electronics]

and in pakistan in 2008 too !! horrible little microbe

No he hadn't even been elected then

 

[tuga]

Apocalyptic times...


Texas residents warned of tap water tainted with brain-eating microbe

• Communities around Houston are potentially contaminated
• Naegleria fowleri enters body through nose, travels to brain

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/26/texas-tap-water-tainted-brain-eating-microbe

 

[Enfield boy]

Wasn't this found in Trump towers first?

 

[Tony L]

The Rochdale Herald is as ever on the case.

 

[Arkless Electronics]

Republican areas should be safe as the microbes would starve...

 

[Bart]

Well if it’s only the one it shouldn’t do too much damage...

 

[misterdog]

Can't be bothered to read the article. Does it rank worse than Covid or Ebola or even Brexit ?

 

[Nick_G]

English politics has been infested with a similar disease, Nigeleria faragii, which enters through your TV via episodes of 'Question Time', and vox pops on the news.

 

[Hook]

Those who find this topic worthy of clever political commentary might want to pause for a moment, and reflect on the death of the 6 year old boy who contracted this horrible microbe, and whose death led to the warning about contaminated tap water.