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Tawptuan t1_iyap5oc wrote

Reply to comment by Calamity_Jesus in June, 1955. My grandfather was happy to return home after a few years on the east coast by Nixx_Mazda

Exactly. Interestingly, I freely drank unfiltered wilderness water for 20 years before the 1970 research with no problems. Then added those gagging iodine pills for the next 20, followed by a proper mechanical filter for another 20 yrs. A victim of hyped research and clever marketing? 🤷🏼‍♂️

I guess the sad alternative might have been my epitaph: “Here lies wilderness enthusiast JQ, killed by Giardia at 97 years old.” 🙄

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