Submitted by OldEnoughToKnowButtr t3_11zrz9w in newhampshire
So this was at a campground, so likely plumbing was involved, most of us would not think to filter that water, but wondering if a water filter would work to prevent?
https://www.wmur.com/article/legionnaires-disease-campground-meredith-32123/43379648
(Cross posted to /r/camping)
Nothing you can do about it unfortunately. Just avoid their water altogether. Even the steam will infect you.
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From the article:
The illness isn't spread by drinking or swimming and usually isn't transmitted from one person to another, officials said.
Unless you are filtering the air I suppose a filter will not help.
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.
Oh yeah, airborne. Where have we heard that before?! Sheesh, just when we thought it was safe to put the masks away...
I mean....I heard it before before in the dark mists of my youth when I first discovered The Andromeda Strain.
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You are correct and hot tubs are a huge problem.
"Ah this hot tub is just what I need to sooth my erythritol induced swamp ass"
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I feel like the people who drank contaminated water at Clearwater Campground also have a false advertising lawsuit
"These jets feel wonderful on my piles!"
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".
Legionnaires' disease is a serious form of pneumonia caused by exposure to legionella bacteria. It can be contracted by breathing in contaminated water droplets from the environment. It would be very difficult to prevent when camping.
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
Icy-Neck-2422 t1_jddu4h6 wrote
If you hear of someone with mud butt getting into a hot tub, don't use that hot tub.