E. coli outbreak in Bakersfield linked to water slide party

Full story: www.tehachapinews.com

Kern County Public Health Services announced that an investigation of recent E. coli illnesses in Bakersfield has been linked to a water slide party for prescool age children and their families. Two children were identified as having already been infected when they attended the party.

“Our investigation revealed that there were certain events and activities that are critical and would explain the E. coli illnesses,” says Dr. Jinadu, M.D., M.P.H., Kern County Health Officer and Director of Public Health Services via Tehachapi News

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eye in the sky Since: Dec 05 166 Sunnyvale, CA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #1 May 21, 2007 A water slide? That is insane. Doesn't chlorine kill e coli? Maybe there wasn't enough in the pool...
oildale res Bakersfield, CA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #2 May 23, 2007 Do you put chlorine into your inflatable kids pool or the slip-n-slide? You should see the picture of the water slide. It's probably run with a garden hose.
oildale res Bakersfield, CA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #3 May 23, 2007 Also, you got to read into the story. It's not the slide itself that caused the illness, but the sick kids playing in it. The media's quick to try to find something like a water slide, a food item, or a restaurant to blame. How about the fact that kids are just kids and they just don't clean their hands very well?
eye in the sky Since: Dec 05 166 Sunnyvale, CA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #4 May 25, 2007 Yeah - you are right - good points.
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