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Full disclosure of flesh-eating bacteria in water is needed | Letter to the editor

Welcome, flesh-eating bacteria in local waters.

Our guests have the expectations of returning home with all of their body parts and family members intact. Our medical establishments’ smug answer about reporting requirements doesn’t get it. Their interest should be about public safety and health not the tourism industry.

Douglas Gelderman

Bradenton

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