[PA Engineer]

Chlorine binds with ammonia and forms chloramines.

This has been well-known since forever. It is a basic of pool care and aquarium keeping.

Yeah. I'm really comforted that the CDC is on top of this. Maybe when they are finished with this profound discovery they can move on and explain why Scarlett Fever is on the rise again.

[RedHeeler]

The North vs the South, is usually the problem.

[FoxInSocks]

they can move on and explain why Scarlett Fever is on the rise again

Scarlett Johansson makes me febrile . . .

[mountainbunny]

Yeah. I'm really comforted that the CDC is on top of this.

I'm puzzled as to why they are covering it at all. The guy who sells pool chemicals down at the hardware store knows this. It isn't a secret. It is simply just bizarre.

Maybe when they are finished with this profound discovery they can move on and explain why Scarlett Fever is on the rise again.

It would be a much better use of their time and effort. Agreed. Scarlet Fever was on the rise in the UK last winter, and according to the news, is now raging in the middle Eastern country of Oman.

I hope they find out soon why and how to stop it. My sister got sick at school in the spring of her 4th grade year, and by the time she got home (no one called from school), she had a very high fever and was covered in the rash. She ended up in the hospital and it damaged her heart.

A friend of ours had mastoiditis last winter, also caused by the same bacteria (strep). Her doctor had never seen a case prior to hers. I hope this isn't a sign of things to come. Strep can be so dangerous.