6 die from brain-eating amoeba

[ceecee79]

My daughter is only 8, and anytime she uses the internet she is supervised. I think I will always supervise her on the internet, even when she is older. I watch Dateline, and am aware of how many pedophiles there are here, and not only on the internet.

I will probably be an "overprotective" mother, because in my view, it is better than not being protective enough. I know the type of things I did, especially in my teenage years, and am grateful that nothing worse happened to me than what did. If the internet were as widespread as it is now, I probably would have been one to at least have met someone online, but if offered a plane ticket somewhere at 16--I would have jumped on that, and God only knows what would have happend. I have ran away from home before, with a friend, and we were out for several days before "caught". We used to get in cars with people we did not know. I met people from chat lines (telephone). You don't have to tell me what can happen to young girls in that sense.

I am also aware of rare medical conditions and freak accidents. I know there are many things that can kill people. You don't have to look up any statistics for my benefit, you see this type of thing everyday on the news.

I never said this was a common thing. It is not my fear that it happens often that would prevent me from allowing my child to swim in a lake. She has never swam in a lake so far, so it is not anything she would miss. I'm saying I think there are alternatives, and I would choose those 1st, that's all.

And I am very good at poker and calculating my odds there

[yokinazu]

i have a 12 year old daughter , i hope to god my x-wife doesnt see this. my home town is quite in the woods, my daughter and I used to hike all the time until the local paper ran an article about rattlesnakes in the woods. ive known that for many years and even seen a few but after my x found out we had to keep our hikes secret from her. also im 37 yrs old and in all my life not one single person has been bitten . we all know there are many dangers in the world but the only thing you should fear is fear itself.

[Bluntmasterbabe]

...no way! I've been swimming in lakes since I was a kid. I wish I would've never seen this. I have a headache now

[igot4cheep]

It is s funny to see peopleâ??s reaction to things like this. I remember when I lived in DC, Some guy was running from a cop in the wood and he cut him self on the arm. A week later his arm got infected. Comes to fine out that got some flesh eating bacteria and lost the arm. Every one freaked out and no one went to any park or wooed areas all year. Calm down people. You have a better change of getting hit by a car twice while getting struck by lighting while doing a back flip. Donâ??t live you life in fear of some fluke shit. If that was the case then no would ever do any thing ever because of the news.

[Anubis10012007]

I grew up in Florida and me and my friend would always swim in lakes..we knew about the amoebas, also knew about the alligators..so we figured we would just make sure that our heads never went in the water and we always had a kbar in our hands or teeth as we would swim across these lakes..it was a blast.

Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose of swimming?

This is the reason why I don't go swimming.

[Mr. Glover]

This is why i swim in the river, only thing i gotta worry about is snakes, gars, shit, piss & 2 million different things. On 2nd thought, i think i'll be getting a swimming pool next summer.