2 people died from consuming raw oysters and how to safely eat them
A 55-year-old Air Force veteran buys oysters from a seafood market in Florida during his trip to the Sunshine State.
2 people died from consuming raw oysters and how to safely eat them
Two people have reportedly died after eating raw oysters caught in the waters off Louisiana, United States. Rodney Jackson of Dallas, a 55-year-old Air Force veteran purchased oysters from a seafood market in Florida during his recent trip to Sunshine State in early August, the Pensacola News Journal reported. A local news outlet wrote, as reported by the New York Post, Friday, August 19, 2022, that Jackson ate some oysters he bought himself and fell ill with mild symptoms not long after. His symptoms reportedly worsened when he had difficulty breathing. Jackson was then transferred to the Ascension Sacred Heart Intensive Care Unit in Pensacola. He was diagnosed with vibriosis. It is a bacterial infection usually associated with raw or undercooked shellfish or exposure to seawater. Vibrio is the bacterium that causes vibriosis and annually causes about 80,000 illnesses and 100 deaths in the US, according to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data. The bacteria are reporte…
