Tim Vasquez
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Not to stoke another log on the fire, but this is a relevant item from the World Health Organization.
http://www.who.int/hac/techguidance/ems/flood_cds/en/
'Flooding is associated with an increased risk of infection, however this risk is low unless there is significant population displacement and/or water sources are compromised."
Looks like both of these are in issue.... so looking down the road we may be looking at localized outbreaks of communicable diseases due to water outages and disrupted/polluted groundwater. I have a feeling we're going to be hearing bits from the CDC later this week, assuming the storm maintains its track
Tim
http://www.who.int/hac/techguidance/ems/flood_cds/en/
'Flooding is associated with an increased risk of infection, however this risk is low unless there is significant population displacement and/or water sources are compromised."
Looks like both of these are in issue.... so looking down the road we may be looking at localized outbreaks of communicable diseases due to water outages and disrupted/polluted groundwater. I have a feeling we're going to be hearing bits from the CDC later this week, assuming the storm maintains its track
Tim