In honor of the flu that is currently taking its sweet time to leave my body this week, let’s talk about some disgusting water down here in Southern California.
I spent years ignoring that kind of advice and never had a serious issue. This was on the northern beaches of Sydney, before the deepwater outfalls, primary treated sewage was discharged at the base of a cliff we could see from our usual spots. Then there were the local lagoons which collected stormwater and run off and dischsrged it all at once when the water level rose higher than rhe sand blocking it. One bloke I knew died from an infection he picked up in an open would and left untreated until it was too late. So if you are going to do it....be careful and treat symptoms promptly.
I'm sorry to hear about your friend. I know two people that were hospitalized from staph infections through small cuts.
Another dangerous spot is anywhere non-local. It is one thing trying to overcome a viral and bacterial load in a region where you have at least some immunity from living there, it is a whole different level of dangerous to be abroad where you have little immunity to any of the local bacteria. If it is somewhere where you shouldn't drink the tap water, the runoff is definitely something you don't want in your body.
I spent years ignoring that kind of advice and never had a serious issue. This was on the northern beaches of Sydney, before the deepwater outfalls, primary treated sewage was discharged at the base of a cliff we could see from our usual spots. Then there were the local lagoons which collected stormwater and run off and dischsrged it all at once when the water level rose higher than rhe sand blocking it. One bloke I knew died from an infection he picked up in an open would and left untreated until it was too late. So if you are going to do it....be careful and treat symptoms promptly.
I'm sorry to hear about your friend. I know two people that were hospitalized from staph infections through small cuts.
Another dangerous spot is anywhere non-local. It is one thing trying to overcome a viral and bacterial load in a region where you have at least some immunity from living there, it is a whole different level of dangerous to be abroad where you have little immunity to any of the local bacteria. If it is somewhere where you shouldn't drink the tap water, the runoff is definitely something you don't want in your body.