Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/08/28/legionnaires-disease-pathoge.html
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“This could never have been predicted” said no water treatment professional since Legionella was identified as a pathogen.
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Our future awaits:
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Yeah… it sucks to realize I’m now one of ‘the grups.’
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I can see thousands of school kids slowly encroaching upon the WH, ominously muttering, “Nyaahhh, nyaahhh. Nyah nyaahhh nyaahh.”
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Followed by “we’re not allocating taxpayer resources to testing on the off chance Legionella is present” says every conservative school board in the U.S.
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Please stop capitalize disease.
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Yeah, cos that’s the fucking problem.
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Capitalizing the topic of an article is correct, though.
(Still NOT what actually fucking matters here.)
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Or anybody familiar with Legionella. It loves still waters.
Because of its bountiful supply of hot, oxygen-depleted water, Mount St. Helens is the most productive place on earth for the bacteria Legionella pneumophila Source: Legionnaire Bacteria Thrive at Mount S. Helens NYT, (paywall), 1985 07 06
Not all of the hazards encountered in the blast zone were readily perceived. The black, toxic waters of lakes and rivers harbored potentially pathogenic bacteria including Klebsiella pneumoniae , Pseudomonas aeruginosa , and Legionella pneumophila . L . pneumophila had caused the mysterious pneumonia epidemic at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia in July 1976. Called Legionnaires’ disease, the illness sickened 211 people, 34 of whom died.
Source: American Scientist, Science After The Volcano Blew Volume 98, Number 4, 2010 July-August
See also Holiday warning: Run your taps when you return home to avoid deadly Legionnaire’s disease , Express .CO.UK, on 2017 09 01
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Temperature control is the traditional strategy for reducing the risk of legionella in hot and cold water systems. Source: Health, Safety, and Executive.Gov.UK n.d. Has links to prevention in water systems.
Lastly- related Red Shirt Tom (Tom Scott)’s Why Britain Uses Separate Hot and Cold Taps YouTube 2014 10 06
Note: Bold emphasis is mine. Edited to correct source and formatting.
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So I’ve has Legionaire’s … it’s not pretty, nearly killed me, I spent 2 weeks in an isolation ward, a whisker away from being intubated … sound familiar? just about the last thing we need right now is thousands of kids fighting the Covid infected for resources …
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And then there’s plain old chemical contaminants like lead, that might accumulate in unused systems.
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Guidance for Reopening Buildings After Prolonged Shutdown or Reduced Operation
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AWWA is a better source regarding opening buildings back up. Water treatment professionals vs. 45’s cronies, who do you trust?
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If you read the CDC website link, I think you will see they are not “45’s cronies.” Both organizations are saying the same thing. The point is that the schools didn’t follow CDC guidelines.
Except that in recent months the leadership of the CDC has been under pressure to promote Trump’s lies. They’ve seriously undermined themselves as a trust source of information by doing so.
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