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Re: Legionaire's Disease

Posted by D.H. on October 16, 2003 at 04:40:31:

In Reply to: Legionaire's Disease posted by Walt on October 15, 2003 at 22:11:57:

This is absurd!

Although, Legionnaires Disease was spread by water borne microbes becoming air borne, it had occurred because pigeons or other birds defecated into the water. If you use clean water – ideally, you should use distilled water – this won’t happen.

Furthermore, the manufacturer of my CPAP/humidifier unit said that even if one used infected water, the infectious agents would not infect the patient. Of course, I don’t suggest putting this to the test.

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