• Nusm@peachpie.theatl.social
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    1 day ago

    I’m not saying that this isn’t true, but when I google it, every other article or report points back to this one. There’s no specific beach that he was at, just “Gulf Coast”, and no specific hospital. It just makes me suspicious when there’s only one article to be found.

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      4 hours ago

      Generally these cases are always going to be rare and it’s an elderly or immunocompromized person, and they probably had a small cut. It requires a confluence of factors. If you were there your immune system would probably just push them out easily.

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        I missed the link in the article. I went back and tried to read it, but its paywalled. But yes, a link to an article in the NEJM legitimizes it. I visit the Gulf Coast of Florida, and I wanted to know where this happened. When I wasn’t able to find any location, it made me question whether this was legitimate.

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          Missing the link would definitely prevent one from following it. Lol

          I didn’t worry about the legitimacy much because ars tech is pretty good about those things I knew there had to be a link in there somewhere. It was easy to miss so I don’t fault you