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Flesh-eating bacteria devour man's arm and leg in just three days (arstechnica.com)

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[–] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Generally these cases are always going to be rare and it's an elderly or immunocompromized person, and they probably had a small cut. It requires a confluence of factors. If you were there your immune system would probably just push them out easily.

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