Brain eating Ameoba!

[ABV]

It wont affect my swimming at all. I just wont be snorting water. I was actually thinking of going to havasu falls (as in havasupai falls in the grand canyon, not to be confused with havasu lake) this winter. I won't let an isolated case like this scare me off though.

Any activity can be made to sound dangerous with a little bad publicity. People have died on escalators, probably a lot more than have died from this little brain eating guy, but that doesn't stop me from using them.

Life is too short to be scared off by little things like this. I would much rather live a short life and die doing something I like, than live a long life hiding in the corner afraid to open the door.

Take a few precautions and use some common sense and you'll be fine. Not just for swimming, but for anything in life. Just my opinion.

[FattyBoomBatty]

Originally Posted by ABV

I would much rather live a short life and die doing something I like, than live a long life hiding in the corner afraid to open the door.

Take a few precautions and use some common sense and you'll be fine. Not just for swimming, but for anything in life. Just my opinion.

That's too bad. I'd like to die at an old age doing something I like, not after suffering for two weeks after doing something I liked (like swimming). The boys who have died from this got the bug while doing activities they like, then went home and died in the hospital. Probably not very exciting.

People here in the US are pretty stupid if they don't have a sign telling them what to do (like not swim in a green pool). People generally won't take precautions unless some are suggested to them. At least from what I gather from articles like this.

And as far as a few isolated cases, it was like that untill this year when there was a spike and concentration of cases.