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posted by chromas on Wednesday July 03 2019, @12:21PM   Printer-friendly
from the I'll-just-leave-this-here dept.

Hard-to-kill poop parasites that lurk in swimming pools on the rise, CDC warns

Outbreaks of the gastrointestinal parasite cryptosporidium have been spurting upward since 2009, with the number of outbreaks gushing up an average of 13% each year, according to researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The germ spreads via the fecal-oral route and causes explosive, watery diarrhea that can last for up to three weeks. Most victims pick up the infection from recreational waters, such as swimming pools and water parks.

The main trouble is that crypto is extremely tolerant of chlorine and can happily stay afloat in well-treated pools for more than seven days. Thus, sick swimmers are the main source of infection—often young children who have yet to master toilet skills and also have more of a tendency to gulp pool water. An infected person can shed 100 million parasite eggs in one bout of diarrhea. Knocking back just 10 or fewer eggs in contaminated pool water can lead to an infection.

A 2013 study released by the CDC found that 58% of tested pools were positive for bacteria typically present in fecal matter.

[...] In all, the CDC recorded 444 outbreaks, involving 7,465 cases, 287 hospitalizations, and one death from the parasite. The number of cases per outbreak ranged from two to 638. However, the CDC notes that the figures likely underestimate the number of outbreaks and cases given that not every state reliably reports outbreaks and many people don't report their illnesses.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 03 2019, @08:33PM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 03 2019, @08:33PM (#862897)

    Are you seriously arguing that the current problems in recreational pools are from poorly medical screened immigrants?

    Am I? Sounds like something a deranged mind came up with from reading the post... good lord you people have to get off the propaganda feed. Unhook the facebook feed from your brain.

  • (Score: 2) by Rupert Pupnick on Wednesday July 03 2019, @09:24PM (5 children)

    by Rupert Pupnick (7277) on Wednesday July 03 2019, @09:24PM (#862914) Journal

    Simple question. Poorly executed dodge.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 03 2019, @09:45PM (4 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 03 2019, @09:45PM (#862918)

      The question was answered. In fact, my posts specifically said there seems to be a pretty a stringent health screening required for immigrants to the US. So why are the rates rising?

      • (Score: 2) by edIII on Wednesday July 03 2019, @10:09PM (1 child)

        by edIII (791) on Wednesday July 03 2019, @10:09PM (#862926)

        You're a deranged racist fuck for even bringing up the medical screenings and immigrants at all. It's an offensive non-sequitur.

        If you read my post above, EVERYONE, including redneck Trumpanzees, crazy neo-fascist Leftists, Libertarians, Pastafarians, etc., has just a little bit of shit on their assholes. That's something we all have in common, unless you are literally washing your asshole each time (not to be confused with wiping your mouth with a napkin).

        So why bring up immigrants at all again? How does it constructively add to the conversation, at all? It doesn't, and is not relevant to anything but your need to bash on immigrants somehow. I've got the impression we would be talking about Strawberry fucking shortcake recipes, and you would interject with immigrants affecting the ingredients.

        I've got a newsflash for you. In an entire water park filled with people, it's not the Fox News Republican mother fuckers that have perfectly washed and fecal free assholes, while everyone else is a "dirty" immigrant.

        Go someplace else to interject your mindless hate into.

        --
        Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 03 2019, @10:25PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 03 2019, @10:25PM (#862930)

          Yep, deranged. Go support "science" some more in your own special way.

      • (Score: 2) by Rupert Pupnick on Wednesday July 03 2019, @11:19PM (1 child)

        by Rupert Pupnick (7277) on Wednesday July 03 2019, @11:19PM (#862952) Journal

        Answer it again with a yes or no. You’re an AC. We can’t tell what posts are yours.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 03 2019, @11:28PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 03 2019, @11:28PM (#862960)

          The answer is obivously no from reading the original post. Just wait until the retard rage from these people turns against you because they always need a target for hatred.