A flesh-eating bacteria lurking in waterways is killing people in the Carolinas
Story Date: 10/23/2020

 

Source: WILMINGTON STAR-NEWS, 10/22/20

As Billy Bailey picked through the crabs he caught on Big Bay Creek, trying to determine which to keep and which to throw back, one of them clamped down on his hand, causing him to shake his fingers. The small cut that opened from the claw’s pinch reminded Bailey to be more careful the next time he went crabbing. Then he chuckled and forgot about it, sitting back in the boat while his fishing buddy maneuvered the craft to the dock that day in early October 2017.

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