A display of hot tubs at the North Carolina Mountain State Fair is being blamed for well over 100 cases of Legionnaires’ disease that began popping up shortly after the event. In an update to a bulletin issued by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, the startling statistics are laid bare.
Thus far, a total of 134 confirmed cases have been tallied. All of the affected individuals attended the fair and presumably walked close enough to the hot tub display to breath in tiny droplets of water that had become airborne. 88 of the cases included hospitalization and two individuals have died as a result of their infections.
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Hot tub display at North Carolina fair kills 2 after infecting 134 with Legionnaires’ disease originally appeared on BGR.com on Sun, 13 Oct 2019 at 16:17:23 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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