A no-brainer in North Carolina

‘High Levels of Brain-Eating Amoeba Found at North Carolina Water Park’ screamed the headline in CDC News.

The sub-editor scarcely needed the ‘high levels’. They had me at ‘brain-eating’.

The  amoeba Naegleria fowleri which can wreak extensive cerebral damage, or stand in for a Halloween mask at a push

The  amoeba Naegleria fowleri which can wreak extensive cerebral damage, or stand in for a Halloween mask at a push