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2008-12-17 Africa Subsaharan

Zim: Cholera epidemic deaths almost 1,000 -UN

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Posted by Fred 2008-12-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 He's got a full-on Cholera epidemic raging around him and he's worried about what Botswana is doing.
You gotta admire that guy, he's a real piece of work.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-12-17 09:30|| 2008-12-17 09:30|| Front Page Top

#2 How long does it take people to learn not to drink from their toilet?

Posted by AlanC 2008-12-17 13:29|| 2008-12-17 13:29|| Front Page Top

#3 How long does it take people to learn not to drink from their toilet?

...or at least boil it first. But then, Mugabe prolly won't let his government suggest that to them and instead blames Bush, the Brits and Botswana. He prolly drinks imported Perrier.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2008-12-17 16:12|| 2008-12-17 16:12|| Front Page Top

#4 Cholera and amoebic dysentery often come from a crack in a pipe somewhere. Once the sanity of the pipe is compromised, everything the water touches is infected - fruits and vegetables and nearly everything people touch. Especially if it rains...ah yes, and charcoal is scarce in rains fyi. Same goes for the kerosene gas etc. type stoves that people use to boil things. If you are a destitute refugee, you don't own one, and they are too expensive to find in any market they may run across.

Thank you AlanC, for the insinuation that these people are so unclean and ignorant.
I assume that since I have had it, it means that I drink from my toilet? I didn't know I did that. Thanks for enlightening me.

Posted by sjb 2008-12-17 19:55|| 2008-12-17 19:55|| Front Page Top

#5 2 or 3 drops bleach per liter water will kill the pathogens. Let it sit an hour before drinking.

Posted by Vinegar Ebbiting2525 2008-12-17 20:21|| 2008-12-17 20:21|| Front Page Top

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