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Rat lungworms making the jump to humans

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September 22, 2023, 08:02 PM
FishOn
Rat lungworms making the jump to humans
Wash those veggies folks, especially in the southeast US.

https://arstechnica.com/health...nvaded-southeast-us/
September 22, 2023, 08:53 PM
ZSMICHAEL
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What a pleasant topic. I bet NYC leads in rats. Are these the huge Norway rats?
September 22, 2023, 10:11 PM
YooperSigs
Since I dont eat snails or slugs, I might skate.


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September 22, 2023, 10:15 PM
FishOn
quote:
Originally posted by YooperSigs:
Since I dont eat snails or slugs, I might skate.


The link is from slugs to vegetables. Got to wash your veggies.
September 22, 2023, 10:16 PM
tatortodd
quote:
Originally posted by YooperSigs:
Since I dont eat snails or slugs, I might skate.
It also included poorly washed and unwashed lettuce. Slugs love lettuce.


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September 22, 2023, 10:34 PM
David Lee
Sprinkle table salt on the slugs. Nasty critters
September 24, 2023, 02:19 PM
slosig
Yet another reason to go full Ron Swanson and stay away from that green stuff. Wink
September 24, 2023, 02:37 PM
arfmel
FML. I’ve been eating salad for dinner. No wonder I’ve been coughing.
September 24, 2023, 03:00 PM
phil in indy
Is that Rat Lungworm that shit that they have over in Hawaii? They have to watch out for the slugs?
September 24, 2023, 04:27 PM
msfzoe
ZSMICHAEL
I grew up, blocks from the East River in the rotten apple.
Personally saw rats the size of house cats.
Nasty critters.
September 24, 2023, 08:13 PM
wrightd
So... for those of us who grow lettuce and green leafy things and vegetables in our gardens, does that mean if we put out slug poison that we would be less likely to contract this mess ? And why is there no anti-parasitic drugs to take care of it, I thought the USofA had all the resources to handle all kinds of parasites, and not just the ones in the US. This sounds like more like Ebola than a nematode problem.



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September 24, 2023, 08:51 PM
parabellum
I think it's all but pointless to worry about this.
September 25, 2023, 09:17 AM
bronicabill
quote:
Originally posted by parabellum:
I think it's all but pointless to worry about this.

Gotta have more to be scared of before the election year!


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September 25, 2023, 06:23 PM
wrightd
Good point. With the millions of illegal aliens and criminals pouring over our southern border, we'll be awash in crime, drugs, human trafficking, murder, welfare, and drug cartels set up ALL OVER the united states, and combined with all the illegal voting that will overwhelm regular legal voting, the last thing on our minds will be the damn rat shit snail brain parasites.



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September 25, 2023, 06:54 PM
parabellum
No, Jesus, no. How many times have we been over this? I say this is nothing to worry about and you resolve the issue with POLITICS??

WHY is this such a knee-jerk reaction for some of you? Why? Why must it always lead back to this stuff??

This thread has nothing to do with politics. ZERO