This is Something to Think About 08.22.23 “Be Careful If You Wade or Swim”

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Bill Bunkley’s “This Is Something to Think About”

Air Date Tuesday, August 22, 2023

“Be Careful If You Wade or Swim”

Bay area beaches and waterways made national news on Fox Cable and other outlets, but it’s not the kind of report touting the positives.

A killer is lurking, and no, it is not Jaws.

But it is a potentially deadly “flesh-eating” bacterium called vibrio vulnificus. It likes to thrive in summertime in brackish, warm saltwater.

You should not enter the saltwater if you have any cuts or scrapes. That is the point of entry for the bacterium.

It’s serious as five have died; two in Hillsborough, one each in Pasco, Polk, and Sarasota counties. Twenty-six other cases have been reported this year. Last year seventeen people perished, while Florida officials logged seventy-four cases.

Hurricane Ian’s pollution drove the higher rates last year.

Take heed, better to be safe than get exposed to what could turn out to threaten your life.

Bill Bunkley is a 17-year veteran Salem Media talk show host based in Tampa. The Bill Bunkley Show airs weekdays across central Florida from 3 to 6 pm. Bill is also President of the Florida Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, which serves as the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention (Southern Baptist Convention Churches), among other churches and entities. He has served as the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention for the last 27 years at the state capitol in Tallahassee. By the Grace of his Lord Jesus, he is today a cancer survivor diagnosed in 2018 with AML Leukemia, having successfully undergone a bone marrow transplant that same year. His wife is Toni, son is Zac, and they attend Idlewild Baptist Church. 

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