In 1993, Milwaukee experienced an epidemic of exceptional magnitude. Locals suffer from digestive disorders caused by Cryptosporidium, a microscopic parasite. The investigation links this episode to the water distributed by the municipal network, a banal element of daily life.
The researchers estimate that about four hundred and three thousand people have been affected. This figure is an estimate from the epidemic study, not an individual count of all cases. The severity varies from person to person, and patients with weakened immune defenses are particularly vulnerable.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report, water transmission is not recognized for at least two weeks. The existence of a network and a treatment therefore does not allow us to deduce that the origin of the symptoms will be immediately understood.
The story does not judge the current network. In 1993, the ordinary appearance of a glass did not allow to see the parasite it could contain.
What we know
About 403,000 people is an estimate; the narrative does not describe the current security of the network.
To go to the source
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