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Re:California woman loses limbs after battling bacterial inf... by verisimi on Sunday September 17, 2023 @03:16AM (#37542365)
> “The ways you can get infected with this bacteria are one-you can eat something that’s contaminated with it the other way is by having a cut or tattoo exposed to water in which this bug lives,” said UCSF Infectious Disease Expert Dr. Natasha Spottiswoode.

I understand exposing a cut presents a potential risk, but why does a tattoo? Is this person am expert or not?

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Re:California woman loses limbs after battling bacterial inf... by maxbond on Sunday September 17, 2023 @03:46AM (#37542529)
Guessing they meant a fresh tattoo? Which basically is a cut.
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Re:California woman loses limbs after battling bacterial inf... by verisimi on Sunday September 17, 2023 @11:14AM (#37545899)
Why mention tattoos at all? Someone who has had one knows they are a cut. It's just wierd thing for the expert to say.
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Re:California woman loses limbs after battling bacterial inf... by userbinator on Sunday September 17, 2023 @04:48PM (#37549154)
Perhaps there are many who think "it's just a painting on my skin".
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Re:California woman loses limbs after battling bacterial inf... by dancao on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @07:05AM (#37568224)
She miss spoke. It is only for new tattoo and the skin is healing. A case like this happened to a man in Texas.
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