Urgent warning for seafood eaters and chefs...

[ihatepop]

Urgent warning:

Whenever you buy raw seafood(alive ones,espiacially), DON'T FORGET TO WASH, AND WEAR GLOVES!!!

There has recently been a few frightening cases in Singapore. Heres one:

-A man bought a live crab to kill and cook for dinner. He accidentally scraped his finger. As this had happened to him various times, he did'nt think much of it. In the end, less then 8 hours later, he started vomitting. He was brought to the hospital, and doctors confermed that he had been infected by a form of deadly FLESH-EATING BACTERIA. He arm started to rot and swell up with pus. 2 days later, he was gone.

This had not only happened once. It has been proven that these bacteria could be present in seafood and water. So take this as a warning...

WEAR GLOVES AND COOK PROPERLY!!!

ihatepop

[thalbergmad]

He arm started to rot and swell up with pus. 2 days later, he was gone.

What, you mean it ate the lot of him?

Thal

[ihatepop]

What, you mean it ate the lot of him?

Thal

Oh, sorry. I meant that he passed away (not completely eaten by the bacteria,of course)

ihatepop

[ail]

This may be a hoax. There are several sites that track hoaxes and urban myths on the net. Though I have not found yet a conclusive evidence that this one is, I've found two others similar enough to make me suspect this is a hoax.

https://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/zulican.asp
https://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/cgi-bin/mfs/www/hoaxbusters/archive?link=https://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBUrbanMyths.shtml&file=/www/hoaxbusters/HBUrbanMyths.shtml&line=194#mfs

That said, there might be some truth in it. Check here:

https://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/vibriovulnificus_g.htm

Alex

[ihatepop]

It was in the newpapers...the hospital has confirmed the reason for death in the man...

ihatepop

[ail]

ok, then I withdraw what I said.

Alex