Ars Technica: Hundreds of Tough Mudder racers infected by rugged, nasty bacterium

[Cooked Crack]

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Hundreds of people who participated in a recent Tough Mudder event—a very muddy obstacle course race—held in Sonoma, California, have fallen ill with pustular rashes, lesions, fever, flu-like symptoms, nerve pain, and other symptoms, local health officials and media outlets report. 

 

The cases could be caused by various infectious agents, including Staphylococcus bacteria, but the leading culprit is the relatively obscure Aeromonas bacteria—specifically A. hydrophila, according to the Sonoma County health department. In a statewide alert this week, the California Department of Public Health said it is considering it an Aeromonas outbreak, noting that multiple wound cultures have yielded the hardy bacterium. 

 

A spokesperson for the Sonoma County health department told the Los Angeles Times on Thursday that, based on calls and emails the department had received, health officials estimate that the outbreak involves around 300 cases. Tough Mudder participants, meanwhile, have tallied as many as 489 cases in online forums.

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The Sonoma event was reported to include 21 obstacles on one of the race days, including a mud-soaked crawl under barbed wire, rope climbs over a muddy slope, a knee-deep mud pool to wade through, and an obstacle called the "mine shaft" that one participant said smelled like manure. 

 

A spokesperson for Tough Mudder told CNN that the company was working with local health officials on the investigation into the outbreak and communicating with participants and spectators. 

 

"All necessary protocols were followed in preparation for, and during, the event," the spokesperson said. "Our thoughts are with those affected and we are actively investigating to understand exactly what occurred."

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/09/rugged-nasty-bacterium-infects-hundreds-in-rugged-nasty-tough-mudder-race/

 

[China]

Yeah, that's what you get for crawling in the mud (er...cow poop).

 

 

[TradeTheBeal!]

People will do this instead of going to therapy.

[China]

Just now, TradeTheBeal! said:

People will do this instead of going to therapy.

 

Now they'll go to both.

[CobraCommander]

Eat **** and die, amirite?