It (amoeba) seems to be more common lately, or maybe more diagnosed?
Maybe?
But I look at it this way: today there is instant media, and flesh eating, brain eating gets a headline because it is flashy and garners clicks (advertising, cash). 30 years back there wasn't a program MONSTERS INSIDE OF ME. Now there is.
I think the Internet has made information, real or false, much more readily available. It also pushes information to people who never sought it in the first place. Further, it has forced many old school channels, television news, to change their format and content to keep pace.
Flesh eating, brain eating, etc. would s**k for sure. But yer so much more likely to get injured, maimed, or killed by someone texting while driving than you are a parasite in your pond.
That said, I won't be surprised to learn that somewhere out there someone has built a pond that is at least 12 feet deep at the edge and with a concrete bottom with a lip around the edge to keep runoff dirt/soil/silt out ...
