More than 100 attendees at the North Carolina Mountain State Fair contracted Legionnaires’ disease. What should attendees and others know about Legionnaires’ disease in order to protect themselves?
Spending a day at the fair isn’t usually equated with contracting a deadly bacteria, but that’s just what happened early last month when more than 100 attendees at the North Carolina Mountain State Fair contracted Legionnaires’ disease. It’s got organizers of the upcoming Dixie Classic Fair anxious and taking extra precautions. Fair organizers have nixed the use of decorative water fountains and banned attendees from bringing in handheld fans.
Inhaling microscopic infected water droplets is the main way in which people contract Legionnaires’ disease. Outbreaks are generally linked to swimming pools, decorative fountains, hot tubs and whirlpools, birthing pools, drinking water and cooling towers in air conditioning systems. It can take roughly two to 10 days for symptoms to begin, so it’s important to stay vigilant if potentially exposed. While anyone can catch it, smokers, individuals who are 50 and over and immunocompromised people are at greatest risk for contracting it.
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