On 6/1/2015 2:45 AM, micky wrote:
On Sun, 31 May 2015 22:30:55 -0500, Unquestionably Confused
wrote:


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Wow is right! Just the ticket, Micky. A nice compact unit to increase
the humidity, give him exercise filling it with water AND ice, should be
a good source of legionella (a/k/a "Legionnaire's disease").

This is what Wikip says

"Legionnaires' disease is transmitted by inhalation of aerosolized water
and/or soil contaminated with the bacteria. It is not airborne and it is
not transmitted from person to person."

If it's transmitted by aerosolized water, how is not airborne?

That's one of the problems with Wikipedia: sourcing

Anyone could enter anything into Wikip and it will stay there - taken as
gospel by some - until/unless someone else contradicts it.

I was surprised to learn - though not from Wikip - that legionella can
thrive in a home's potable hot water system. Apparently the bacteria
can thrive in temps between something like 100 and 120 degrees F in a
stagnant run of piping, like maybe a section running to a powder room
which is rarely used? How it transmits to the inhabitants is not
mentioned. Drinking it? or maybe having it come through a shower head?