Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dimensional Traveler Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Beware the brain-eating amoeba Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:55:03 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 45 Message-ID: References: <1133646451.732124471.832788.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <17bcbaa04693e8ee$67$3121036$c0d58a68@news.newsdemon.com> <720985773.732165803.511568.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <17bd01494ca3fe7e$112077$856620$cd54664@news.newsdemon.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:55:02 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1dd7145f15b27dfc4298e1b2638aad8e"; logging-data="2526762"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1811JjhIAZS1Oz1UdVv4Sox" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:LC36Kz470xBEMWYhLS5jA0tBxeY= In-Reply-To: <17bd01494ca3fe7e$112077$856620$cd54664@news.newsdemon.com> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 3136 On 3/15/2024 10:47 AM, moviePig wrote: > On 3/15/2024 12:41 AM, anim8rfsk wrote: >> moviePig wrote: >>> On 3/14/2024 11:55 AM, anim8rfsk wrote: >>>> shawn wrote: >>>>> On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 02:03:53 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman" >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Not sure this makes for the basis of a '50s drive-in movie. >>>>>> Basically, >>>>>> all you have to do is NOT irrigate your nostrils with tap water, >>>>>> to keep >>>>>> the amoeba out of your sinuses and from getting into your brain. >>>>>> >>>>>> https://apnews.com/article/neti-pots-tap-water-amoeba-aed6e6f9129d85146d396d71b8778812 >>>>> >>>>> I knew those sorts of amoebas were out there but thought the only risk >>>>> of catching them was if you inhaled water from ponds that contained >>>>> them. I had no idea they could also be found in treated water. Not >>>>> that I've ever used a neti pot but I do know people that have used >>>>> them and I assume they just used tap water to do so. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Indeed, they do. >>> >>> I've said this before but, it seems profoundly stupid to suppose that >>> the complex substance Nature has evolved to most effectively coat your >>> nasal passages can be improved upon by replacement with mere tap water. >>> >> >> It’s not tapwater. The things come with little saline packets, and you >> make >> your own saline solution. In fact, they generally have warnings not to >> use >> just plain water. > > Okay, maybe that's different.  But such warnings aren't encouraging... > Such warnings are routine though usually the issue to be avoided by them is infection. -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.