It is time for your weekly Coronavirus installment of, “I think this guy might be crazy but..”
This is from Wuhan, 2017.
Environmental Investigation
The six-story building of the SLS covers 13,611 square meters, and has more than 80 rooms with poor ventilation. Each floor is equipped with two toilets with liquid soap and paper towels. Drinking water was supplied by the SWSS which covered the whole building. Water from the municipal water supply delivery system was stored in an underground reservoir, and pumped into a water tank on the roof of the building. Water flowed along the pipelines and was supplied to the 1st -3rd and the 4th–6th floor by the reservoir and the water tank, respectively (Fig. 2). The overflow pore of the reservoir was open on the ground outside of the building with weeds surrounded. The overflow pore of the roof tank was unlocked and the outlet port of it missed the stainless steel meshes. None of the test report of water quality, the hygienic license, or the cleaning and disinfection records of the SWSS could be provided.
This is from Washington state, 2019
DES MOINES, Wash. -- Thousands of people could be boiling their water for days after E.coli turned up in the water supply for parts of Des Moines and Normandy Park.
The contamination has shut down restaurants, inconvenienced families and affected Des Moines Elementary School.
The health department says E.coli turned-up in the tap water of King County Water District 54 Saturday night, and 5,000 customers in Des Moines and Normandy Park need to boil the water or drink bottled. The bacteria can cause diarrhea and vomiting, and in severe cases can be life threatening in children and older adults.
This is from Louisiana, 2018.
ALEXANDRIA, La. (Press Release) - #UPDATE (4:15 p.m.) - As of this update, the City of Alexandria is still waiting on the Department of Health and Hospitals to give the all clear and lift the boil advisory in place for the City. The boil advisory remains in place.
The City released a lengthy update on Saturday. For a look at it, check out the attached link.
And this is from Milan-(Lombardy)
The water is chlorinated, which makes it clean and drinkable for locals and tourists alike. Nevertheless, an issue that has been brought to attention is the lingering presence of some small trains of local E. coli, from private wells. This is why visitors to the country side may sometimes get diarrhea after drinking the water. The body usually develops immunity after a while, so it’s not something serious.
These states or countries have higher death rates relative to other locales. Is it possible that the presence of ecoli in tap water, with the connector of underground wells being present, is constantly keeping some people under just enough immunologic attack that it opens the door to more serious outcomes?
It would also be fair to posit that elderly in nursing homes drink from a glass, and not much bottled right?
Easy enough to study. Just ask patients if they drink tap or bottled water and track the outcomes. Yes I know bottled water is often tap but it is not well. And it won’t have ecoli. Worth a look.
Love to all,
-ROC