Filed under “No Duh” is a recent report from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention cites 208 confirmed outbreaks of illness direct attributed to “treated recreational water,” aka public pools and hot tubs. The water, heat and steam can give you a rash and make you sick. Getting any in your mouth is like the kiss of the spider woman.
So along with avoiding hot tubs this summer I’ll pass on snorkeling in the Ganges, Frolicking in the Nile, Dog-paddling across the Yellow River or skinny-dipping in the Mississippi. I’ll cool off in my kiddie pool filled with Arrowhead spring water.
And I’ll be inside. I bet the paparazzi would love to get a shot of me soaking; probably start a bidding war among the tabloids for rights to that photo!