My father has been hospitalized since shortly after our return from Cuba. He was in artificial deep sleep for more than a week but now he's already doing fine (Today: Tell mom I really need my laptop). The funny thing is that the hospital told us that everybody who was in Cuba should be tested for Legionella (they demanded the flight number as well) but the testing center said that it doesn't make any sense to test for Legionella in case nobody has any symptoms (fever, coughing, etc.). I wasn't too concerned about myself since the internet told me that the incubation period is 2-10 days.

Eric just send me a link to a story about a hotel located in the tourist corridor of Orlando that voluntarily closed its doors on Friday after two guests contracted Legionnaires' disease. Sample this:

"Legionnaires' disease causes death in up to 5 to 30 percent of cases".

That probably doesn't apply to developed countries, but still...

Nice, but deadly.

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