Oh Great , What Else Have They Brought With Them And Will They Be Hospitalised?

[Bobbisox1]

https://news.sky.com/story/asylum-seekers-to-be-moved-off-bibby-stockholm-barge-after-legionella-bacteria-found-12937904

Let’s see what our bleeding hearts think about this

[anneasquith]

They didn’t bring anything in. If you read your own post the bacteria is found in water .

[Bobbisox1]

You jumped at me so quick you nearly knocked me over AA :0))

[Bobbisox1]

Yes it’s been found in the water on the barge , will they have contracted it?

[anneasquith]

Your not difficult to miss in chatterbank .

[Bobbisox1]

Well someone’s got to keep it going , better that than snidely remarks from side liners ;0)

[Bobbisox1]

Never mind Annie, I’m sure Geoffrey will be pleased with you hahaha

[237SJ]

It's in the water somewhere. I knew someone who died of it - they never did find out where he caught it but hotel shower heads are a popular one.

[Bobbisox1]

It’s a spreading disease so hopefully they’ve caught it in time

[Peter Pedant]

Let’s see what our bleeding hearts think about this

this bleeding heart says - once again - look it up before yakking. FOund in water and ( water in ) air conditioning, and as the CDC says

Legionella grows and multiplies in a building water system, water containing Legionella can spread in droplets small enough for people to breathe i

so THIS bleeding heart says - calm down calm down
( disease of buildings )
should have been checked for

[Bobbisox1]

PP, this has to be a first, I nearly understood your post

[anneasquith]

Fairly recently a hospital had to close some wards when the bacteria was found in a water tank resulting in ill babies, and yes sj it can be fatal.

[Bobbisox1]

Surely/ hopefully the people from the barge will be quarantined?

[retrocop]

I wonder if this barge has been laid up somewhere de-commissioned before being towed here. What a coincidence that it had berthed hundreds of off shore oil workers etc with nary a sign of Legionnaires in the past .

[retrocop]

First discovered in an American hotel where American vets ( Legionnaires) were holding a convention. It is found in air/con units and water tanks I believe.

[Ken4155]

Here's the barge's history;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibby_Stockholm

[Bobbisox1]

Thanks Ken, interesting reading

[Gromit]

You’d have thought they would have tested the water before the people were herded on ?
Very unlikely anyone has contracted Legionella in such a short time.
The Government and their crackpot immigration schemes seem cursed.

[Peter Pedant]

First discovered in an American hotel where American vets ( Legionnaires) were holding a convention.

and they thought they had discovered a new agent ( they had: legionella) and submitted it to a Journal
and in thee Very Same Issue there was a paper showing that so-called legionella was conclusively linked to the type of airfreshener !

synthesis was that the sprays facilitated infection.

there you are - straight from 1980

[Peter Pedant]

PP, this has to be a first, I nearly understood your post
I am unmoved by your level of comprehension

[Zacs-Master]

Did you mean to post that under a different name, PP?