Asp-turtle t1_jddx6u7 wrote on March 23, 2023 at 6:22 PM

My understanding is the Legionnaire's is caused by getting the water droplets in your LUNGS. So when the water or the plumbing has the bacteria present, and you shower there, water droplets are aerosolized and you breathe them in. It's not the drinking water, it's the *inhaled* water. If we are playing hypotheticals, I think you'd need to bring a sun shower type set up and filter the ingoing water.

[deleted] t1_jde835y wrote on March 23, 2023 at 7:31 PM

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Andtom33 t1_jdekfsd wrote on March 23, 2023 at 8:49 PM

You are correct and hot tubs are a huge problem.

Calm-Style9387 t1_jdi9pez wrote on March 24, 2023 at 4:13 PM

Yes, that's very true actually. I did see an interesting article on hot tubs that I found quite interesting: https://www.waterhygienecentre.com/blog/legionnaires-disease-hot-tub

OldEnoughToKnowButtr OP t1_jde0rta wrote on March 23, 2023 at 6:45 PM

Oh yeah, airborne. Where have we heard that before?! Sheesh, just when we thought it was safe to put the masks away...

Asp-turtle t1_jde4apb wrote on March 23, 2023 at 7:07 PM

I mean....I heard it before before in the dark mists of my youth when I first discovered The Andromeda Strain.

mmirate t1_jdhaoe7 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 12:03 PM

If you think that "masks" work for any purpose other than keeping spittle out of a surgery patient's innards, then go paint a house with just a "mask".