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NSW health news: Legionnaires' disease alert for Sydney CBD (amp.9news.com.au)
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[–] quoll 4 points 4 weeks ago

back to the office they say... ☠

[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 3 points 4 weeks ago

Non-AMP link: https://www.9news.com.au/health/legionnaires-disease-alert-issued-for-sydney-cbd/eeb5c1b8-e9d5-46d4-accd-963e41325599

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It's always a water tower. But 20 years ago it was the whole supply I recall.

[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Legionnaire's disease is only really a thing with air-conditioning systems because a) warm water promotes growth of the bacteria, and b) you need to breathe it in, and air-con systems create mist/droplets and blow them around.

The 1998 water contamination in Sydney was cryptosporidium and giardia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Sydney_water_crisis) which infect you when you drink the water.