Flint learns of Legionnaires' disease spike as water crisis continues

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(CNN)Residents of Flint, Michigan, already reeling because of lead contamination in their drinking water, got more disturbing news on Wednesday.

Gov. Rick Snyder announced the number of cases of Legionnaires' disease has spiked in Genesee County in the two years since Flint switched its water supply from the Great Lakes to the Flint River.

But the increase cannot be directly attributed to the switch, said Nick Lyon, director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Not all the people who got Legionnaires' were exposed to Flint water, he said.

From June 2014 to November 2015, at least 87 county residents developed Legionnaires' disease, compared to between six and 13 cases in the four preceding years, Lyon said. Ten patients died, he said.

The water looked smelled and tasted funny
Health officials are not changing recommendations about how Flint residents should deal with the water crisis. They should keep drinking bottled water and use water filters, Snyder said.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/13/health/flint-michigan-water-crisis/

[Sherman A1]

1. Someone

or a group of someones, seriously needs to be held accountable for this mess.....

[Vinca]

2. Something has got to happen to the people who did this.

Snyder pretty much considered himself a dictator, appointed his goons to replace democratically elected officials and people died.