If you are a normal healthy American.
Waterborne illness the #1 cause of death, worldwide.
Me? I'm immune compromised, without my spleen. Yeah, I got the vaccinations afterwards, but a weekend with the grandkids means 2 days very near the latrine, indoor PT only, no walks or rides.
I've worked in restaurants and military kitchens. I'd eat at a DFAC or a Dining Facility before I'd eat at a restaurant.
Some can play, some can't.
Back before my injury, I ate from street vendors in Korea after looking at their setup and watching how ma handled things.
Not today, I wouldn't.
/johnny
I know waterborne illness is the #1 cause for very young people, not sure about adults.
Almost all of that is cholera and amoebic dysentery.
Which is a direct result of fecal contamination and population densities.
It’s once again one of those things ya gotta be smart about. Would I go to downtown Seattle and drink water from a puddle in an alley where the bums have been PSN?
Hell no.
Just seems to me that an article like this, while it is interesting and commendable science for the kid who did it, ends up inspiring all this (in my mind) way overdone hysteria.
We’re not talking typhoid or smallpox here.
You know what I mean! As always, take all precautions you personally feel you need to.