Summary:
The Department of Public Health in Illinois confirmed that there was a person who died earlier this year to a new virus outbreak known as 'Elizabethkingia'. Since then, 57 more cases have been confirmed to have contacted the exact same strand of this virus, and 18 have been pronounced dead because of it. Though the bacteria is commonly found in soil and river water, it has not been known to affect human's in a negative way.
Analysis:
This outbreak is reminding me of so many others we have experienced as a nation in the near past. Virus outbreaks such a Ebola, have really put a lot of stress and fear on the U.S. and I would hate for this virus to build up that same reaction. Though 'Elizabethkingia' cases have only been confirmed in Wisconsin, it seems as if it spreads fairly easily and quickly. What can be done to combat it since the bacteria has been deemed so common?
http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/12/health/elizabethkingia-illinois-bacterial-infection/index.html
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