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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Antony Thrower

Scientists alarm as flesh-eating bacteria cases set to DOUBLE due to climate change

Case numbers of a terrifying flesh-eating bacteria are feared to double in the next two decades thanks to climate change, according to a new report.

By the time the 2040s roll around, numbers of Vibrio vulnificus will be double that of right now, according to the University of East Anglia in the UK.

Currently around 80,000 Americans are infected with the bacteria each year, although the number is expected to be much higher.

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