Quote Originally Posted by audioaddict04
You can't seriously consider not swimming in lakes anymore because of this. If small incidents, such as this, inspire that much fear in you then you might as well become a recluse.

I'm not trying to be a dick (despite the evidence to the contrary) but that is incredibly irrational.
Talk to me when they discover the antigen to ward off the villainous amoeba. And also, one stranger's irrationality should not be enough to inspire that much concern.
Ganj Reviewed by Ganj on . 6 die from brain-eating amoeba A story I saw on msn............ 6 die from brain-eating amoeba in Phoenix lake waters -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com I'm just thinking how we (my family) used to go swimming in lakes all the time when I was younger, and although they state this is a very rare thing to get, I don't think I would swim in a lake again. Or allow my daughter to either. Rating: 5