[at-l] Re: Warning to winter Smoky hikers

[WHHAWKINS@aol.com (WHHAWKINS@aol.com)]

In a message dated 3/15/2001 2:26:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
thornel@attglobal.net writes:


> Another thought is that there are other ways of treating water, including 
> Iodine. In my situation, there were no horses or signs of such. I had 
> listened to other docs discussing this issue, with the suggestion that 
> unless one is in the desert, filtration and purity in the goal of absolute 
> avoidance of diarrhea was a waste of time and effort. (Yes, I really did 
> just write that.) Specifically, Giardia was seen as a minor problem, easily 
> treated a few weeks later with a bit of Flagyl.
> 

They want to make money treating people. Prevention is BETTER then treatment 
every time. During WW1 diseases killed more soldiers then combat did.

It is hard to hike when someone has to stop to crap and or throw up every 
feet.

If someone what that, hope they enjoy it.

Wildbill



--- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts ---
multipart/alternative
  text/plain (text body -- kept)
  text/html
---