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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/11/4c671a07b206ca7fb850bf42d1d48bcb-scaled.jpg?quality=7525601440A bacterial infection has killed at least eight people in Florida this year so far, health officials reported recently. Twenty people in the state overall have been sickened by the waterborne bacteria Vibrio vulnificus, a relative of cholera infamously known for sometimes causing a flesh-eating infection.