[FairOpinion]

Earlier article only mentioned hundreds.

Water Park Closes After Hundreds Fall Ill

Seneca Lake Park's Sprayground, which has water jets shooting up from a hardtop surface, was closed after tests showed the tank system that feeds the water jets was contaminated with a common waterborne disease called cryptosporidiosis.

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Water sprayground in Gonzales, Louisiana closed after illness reported

GONZALES, La. Gonzales officials and the state Department of Health and Hospitals have shut down a sprayground at Jambalaya Park after several people reported contracting a parasite.

Though there's no evidence yet that the water park is the source of the parasite, D-H-H spokesman Bob Johannessen says visiting the area is one thing all the victims have in common.

[gridlock]

They shut down the park!

Guess I'll just have to go back to NYC then!!!

[The Phantom FReeper]

Cryptosporidiosis ping.

[Watery Tart]

Didja ever notice that the bathrooms are always empty at waterparks?

Hmmmmm....

[PLK]

Although the Cryptosporidium parasite is present worldwide, it's occurrence in the U.S. has increased dramatically in recent years. From the CDC website: "During the past two decades, crypto has become recognized as one of the most common causes of waterborne disease within humans in the United States." The organism is even more prevalent in 3rd world countries and commonly infects their water supplies.

The increasing incidence in the U.S. of diseases common in developing nations (TB, crypto, bed bugs in motels, etc.) has failed to arouse the interest of public health officials and politicians because to make this an issue would be politically incorrect. However, it is obvious that the porous borders we endure here will lead to a lower quality of life for everyone in this country.

Maybe no one cares, and the outcome of this will be the same as for the HIV virus. Instead of being treated as a public health problem with the object being to treat and isolate the source, AIDS became EVERYONE'S problem. It is the individual health care provider and citizen's responsibility to not contract it. Of course, in the situation of HIV, there is no longer any alternative. Things spiraled out of control the minute HIV became a political versus a public issue. The spread of 3rd world diseases will be the same.

[steveo]

Look dad! It's a big toilet!

[Itzlzha]

Crypto...you don't have permission to go to the Water Park! Return to the Invasion Site Immediately!"

OK...who knows the reference?