FNAKC t1_j68p6kz wrote
Reply to comment by manowtf in TIL cholera was reintroduced to Haiti after a century by UN peacekeepers responding to the 2010 earthquake. The resulting outbreak was the worst on record, killing 10,000 and infecting 820,000. by theworkinglad
It didn't help, call it a compounding factor.
Say you're driving and have a mild heart attack and crash. You bleed out, the heart attack alone wouldn't have killed you, but it cause the crash that made you bleed out.
manowtf t1_j68qajb wrote
That's not a valid comparison. Cholera is caused by ingesting contaminated water mainly or food. It's not spread by human contact.
FNAKC t1_j68qofn wrote
It was brought to the environment by people, sewage from a UN Camp contaminated a river upstream of a town. The locals had no reason to suspect their river water was no longer safe.
manowtf t1_j68r0s1 wrote
Hence why I said the cause is a lack of clean water. It child just as readily have been caused by animal waste etc. If you don't ensure the safety of your water supply then it's inevitable.
FNAKC t1_j68rswf wrote
It doesn't spontaneously appear! The contamination was brought to the island by humans.
A pile of garbage doesn't birth mice and rats.
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