[at-l] giardia

[thornel@attglobal.net (W F Thorneloe)]

I come from the school that every child should eat a pound of dirt before 
their first birthday. I also avoid antibacterial cleansers as some exposure 
to the bugs of the world makes sense. But the idea that drinking Tennessee 
spring water will prevent E Coli reactions in a third world country is 
fairly astounding. If you simply live in the country for a few weeks, you 
will get you gut acclimated to the new strains of E Coli in the water 
supply without overloading your system and getting ill. I know of others 
who will do this sort of thing to themselves in hope of getting it over 
with quickly, but I just don't see the point.

There really is nothing bad about taking Pepto Bismol with you on trips to 
slow down GI events. No one really needs to wish for a brown badge of 
courage. Treat it and get over it as quickly and easily as possible.

OrangeBug

At 09:38 AM 10/24/2001 -0700, Karen Borski wrote:
>I just wonder if there others who have tried the
>Jardine concept of conditioning yourself to drink
>untreated water....?