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Shigalosis.

Believe that's how you pronounce it.

Shigalosis.

Yeah, that's what I said.

Okay.

It can spread through the exposure of infected feces, contaminated food or water, or sexual contact,

with person to person the most common form of the transmission.

That's according to our friends at the CDC, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

This hypercontagious bacterial disease have surged in Oregon in a county that goes by the name of Moultonoma, M-U-L-T-N-O-M-A-H County.

Moloma.

Okay, the T is silent.

Mulnoma.

I got it, okay, I got it, Malnoma County.

And they are reporting 40 cases of the sickness in January, which is the last reporting month, according to the Mulnoma County Health Department. Yay!

Officials said 56% of the most recent cluster are believed to be among the homeless, with other cases linked to

methamphetamine or opiate usage. So when you don't have housing, it's harder to prevent

infectious disease and harder to access care to treat disease compared to if you are housed.

Oh, okay. So we have that going for us.

The rise of Shigella cases over recent years is concerning, you think.

So they're investing in public health and they're monitoring and trying to slow the spread of the disease.

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