While #RawWater is undeniably dumb

Supporting people who would love treated water is going to feel a lot better than dunking on idiots

https://www.charitywater.org/
https://water.org/

In today's episode of "ignorant people trying very hard to learn the hard way why we have public works, sanitation, and modern medicine" we have the promise of #cryptosporidium outbreaks in 2025. Because #rawmilk isn't crazy enough, now we have #rawwater enthusiasts:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/us/raw-water-natural-springs.html

For tens of thousands of years humanity tried to figure out how to drink water without risking sh*tting themselves to death, and now we've finally done that with widely available cheap safe H20 everywhere and these chucklef*cks are like "Nah." Amazing:

"Nineteen people fell ill with a diarrheal disease in Montana last year after drinking untreated water that many believed to be from a natural spring but which was, in fact, just creek drainage brimming with pathogenic bacteria.

One person was hospitalized in the outbreak, which ended only after authorities diverted the water source, local health officials reported Thursday in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report."

🔗: https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/04/trendy-raw-water-source-under-birds-nest-sparks-diarrheal-outbreak

#Montana #RawWater #DrinkingWater #bacteria #PublicHealth #diarrhea #Science #Biology

OMG, I thought this "trend" failed years ago--when it was thoroughly mocked. Remember #RawWater?

It's baaaaaack....

"Trendy “raw water” source under bird’s nest sparks diarrheal outbreak"

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/04/trendy-raw-water-source-under-birds-nest-sparks-diarrheal-outbreak/