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A flesh-eating pathogen has come for US’s East Coast beaches: It can kill you in 2 days!

The CDC has officially issued an emergency health alert

Newsroom September 7 01:13

Three deaths in the Northeast from an uncommon flesh-eating bacterium came from both swimming in infected warm water and contaminated raw shellfish.

That’s put the entire region on alert, with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issuing a warning on the growing dangers of the bacteria.

And it’s best to take this seriously, as Vibrio vulnificus is known to kill humans in as little as one to two days.

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Two deaths in Connecticut, one in New York, and a potential fourth in New York are all linked to Vibrio vulnificus, a bacterium that grows in warm, brackish water and can live on raw shellfish.

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