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<title>Hurricane Harvey First Responder Gets Flesh-Eating Bacteria From Texas Storm Water &#8211; Glenn Beck</title>
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<p class="column small-12 medium-10 medium-offset-1 large-offset-2  text size-1x-large line-height-large _10M0Ygc4" data-reactid="227">J.R. Atkins, of Missouri City, Texas, wrote in a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/john.r.atkins/posts/10214803626990636" target="_blank" rel=" noopener noreferrer" data-reactid="229">Facebook post</a> that he was hospitalized after what he thought was a small bug bite turned into swelling and some numbness in his hand. He had been kayaking through flooded streets to check on his neighbors, Atkins wrote, and noticed the bite when he returned home.<div class='article-ad-320 ad-in-article' style='margin-right:-12px; margin-left:-14px; padding-top:20px;'><div id=div-gpt-ad-1485449841816-1432511><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1485449841816-1432511'); });</script></div></div><br class='ad-in-article' />
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