Re: Serious question about E. coli

["Dustin Swanson" <dustins@greatlakeseng.com>]

Lucky for me I only drink soda and beer.

-----Original Message-----
From: Lisa Brinkman <lisab@netrover.com>
To: apisto@majordomo.pobox.com <apisto@majordomo.pobox.com>
Date: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: Serious question about E. coli


>It's pretty bad.  See the following:
>
>Raymond Wong wrote:
>
>> Hello everybody,
>>
>> I was just watching the 6 o'clock news and somewhere in ontario there's
an
>> E. coli outbreak in the water system?! (there was human death involved)
>> and water must be boiled before drinking etc... I don't live in ontario
but
>> if this happens in my area should I even be doing water changes with this
>> water to my tanks...? I know this may sound silly to some people but I'm
>> seriously concerned..
>> the reason for the outbreak was asumed that 2 weeks ago there was a
storm?
>> or something like that and the water from farms flowed into the drainage
>> system
>>
>> for those of you on both the plant and apisto list I've sent this message
to
>> both.. sorry if you have to read this 2x..
>>
>> thanks
>> Raymond Wong
>
>                        Wednesday, May. 24, 2000
>
>                        Stomach-Bug-Outbreak causes third
>                        death
>
>                        WALKERTON, Ont. (CP) -- A third person is dead in
this
>small
>                        southwestern Ontario town following what a health
>official has
>                        called the worst outbreak of the E. coli bacteria
in
>Canada.
>
>                        Dr. Murray Girotti, an official with the hospital
in
>London where
>                        many of the ill patients have been rushed,
confirmed the
>third
>                        death Wednesday afternoon.
>
>                        At least eight others were in critical condition
and
>hundreds
>                        more were ill.
>
>                        Earlier on Wednesday, a baby was pronounced dead,
along
>                        with an elderly woman.
>
>                        Six children from the Walkerton area were at the
>Children's
>                        Hospital of Western Ontario in London, said Doug
Matsell,
>the
>                        hospital's pediatric kidney specialist. Four were
in
>critical
>                        condition in intensive care and the other two were
>stable.
>
>                        The outbreak has left so many ill that schools and
>day-care
>                        centres remained closed today.
>
>                        Over the past few days, 160 people have gone to
hospital
>                        seeking treatment. Another 500 have phoned
hospitals
>                        complaining of diarrhea, cramps, nausea and fever.
>
>                        The E. coli bacteria produces toxins that cause
such
>                        symptoms. In severe cases, the infection leads to
kidney
>failure
>                        and occasionally death.
>
>                        Most of those affected are from Walkerton, a town
of
>5,000
>                        people about 40 kilometres southwest of Owen Sound.
Other
>
>                        victims recently visited the town, now part of the
>municipality of
>                        Brockton.
>
>                        The Walkerton hospital has called in extra staff
today to
>handle
>                        the massive number of inquiries and patients coming
in
>for
>                        treatment.
>
>                        McQuigge said public health officials were alerted
to the
>
>                        outbreak last Friday by a pediatrician in Owen
Sound who
>had
>                        two cases of bloody diarrhea referred to him from
the
>South
>                        Bruce-Grey Health Centre in Walkerton.
>
>                        By Sunday, McQuigge said his office received the
first
>positive
>                        culture for E. coli 0157 taken from a patient with
bloody
>
>                        diarrhea.
>
>                        The chief medical officer of health for Ontario was
>notified, as
>                        were school boards in the area and Brockton Mayor
David
>                        Thomson.
>
>                        Thomson said the municipality was doing all it
could to
>locate
>                        the problem.
>
>                        An epidemiologist from the federal Department of
Health
>has
>                        been called in to profile the history and pattern
of the
>illness.
>
>                        Public health officials believe exposure to the
dreaded
>bacteria
>                        likely began between May 12 and 15. The incubation
period
>is
>                        two to eight days while most people are affected
two to
>four
>                        days after exposure.
>
>                        Health officials are still trying to determine the
cause
>of the
>                        bacteria outbreak in the farming community. Humans
could
>                        have picked it up from animals or they could have
caught
>it
>                        from other people through hand-to-mouth contact.
>
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