“As I’ve done some hiking, conventional wisdom is that all water in the Northeast is contamintaed.”
That conventional wisdom is wrong. I’ve drunk from more streams in the northeast than I can count and I’ve never gotten it. I don’t even take water with me when I go hiking in the woods. I just drink out of streams.
Person-to-person transmission accounts for a majority of Giardia infections and is usually associated with poor hygiene and sanitation. Water-borne transmission is associated with the ingestion of contaminated water. In the U.S. outbreaks typically occur in small water systems using inadequately treated surface water. Venereal transmission happens through fecal-oral contamination. Additionally, diaper changing and inadequate hand washing are risk factors for transmission from infected children. Lastly, food-borne epidemics of Giardia have developed through the contamination of food by infected food-handlers. Researchers do not find any evidence that wilderness water in the U.S. is a cause.
As I’ve done some hiking, conventional wisdom is that all water in the Northeast is contamintaed. All backcountry water supposed to be treated (biled or iodine added). Maybe over-cautious. But it ain’t me who’s barfing 🙂
I’ve never had E. coli either, which, by the way, is far worse than giardia.
Maybe I’m a bit more selective about the asses I eat than you are, denton.
“As I’ve done some hiking, conventional wisdom is that all water in the Northeast is contamintaed.”
That conventional wisdom is wrong. I’ve drunk from more streams in the northeast than I can count and I’ve never gotten it. I don’t even take water with me when I go hiking in the woods. I just drink out of streams.
See the last sentence, denton…..
Person-to-person transmission accounts for a majority of Giardia infections and is usually associated with poor hygiene and sanitation. Water-borne transmission is associated with the ingestion of contaminated water. In the U.S. outbreaks typically occur in small water systems using inadequately treated surface water. Venereal transmission happens through fecal-oral contamination. Additionally, diaper changing and inadequate hand washing are risk factors for transmission from infected children. Lastly, food-borne epidemics of Giardia have developed through the contamination of food by infected food-handlers. Researchers do not find any evidence that wilderness water in the U.S. is a cause.
You get E. Coli from eating ass, unless the person has been drinking from random streams, in which case you can get both.
I’ve never had giardia, but knew a ton of people who did. They stunk!! Holy sulfur farts!
As I’ve done some hiking, conventional wisdom is that all water in the Northeast is contamintaed. All backcountry water supposed to be treated (biled or iodine added). Maybe over-cautious. But it ain’t me who’s barfing 🙂
OK, well case closed then. DIBS says you can eat ass and not get it, so I wouldn’t worry about drinking from mountain streams.
I can’t belive there is more OT interest in Giardia than Emanuela. Not the finest hour for the Plusas.
Lech, I’ve never had Giardia from that. I’ve never heard of anyone having giardia.