“ The researchers used data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to track V. vulnificus infections from 1988 to 2018. The scientists focused on reported cases along the East Coast, which Lake said is known to be a global hot spot for such infections.
The study found that infections increased from 10 to 80 a year over the 30-year period and that cases were occurring in new regions.
The lead author of the study, Elizabeth Archer, a postgraduate researcher at the University of East Anglia, said infections in the late 1980s were mostly seen in Gulf Coast states and areas along the southern Atlantic coast but rarely north of Georgia.”
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/fear-warming-oceans-flesh-eating-bacteria-rcna75935
Florida’s Gulf coast is especially vulnerable with red tides and flesh eating bacteria infections. Some of its nicest beaches, like Bonita Springs closed due to toxins……..
Several people wading in flood waters also got flesh eating bacterial infections after the last hurricane that hit them last year.
As a kid growing in Greece I used to go into the sea all the time when I had cuts and watch them heal overnight. The sea was my disinfectant. Now, in this country I usually avoid the ocean if I have any cuts, especially in populated beaches.
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