Reprised from the other place, by demand: As a specialist in chemical and biological warfare, take this warning from me. Never get in a pool in Las Vegas. Don't even touch the water. (Or hot tub). - ThreadSky

dankaszeta.bsky.social • 582 days ago

Reprised from the other place, by demand:

As a specialist in chemical and biological warfare, take this warning from me. Never get in a pool in Las Vegas. Don't even touch the water. (Or hot tub).

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sav70.bsky.social•582 days ago

Yikes!

robotmonkypants.bsky.social•581 days ago

Or a fast food restaurant ballpit

dankaszeta.bsky.social•581 days ago

I can only imagine.

robotmonkypants.bsky.social•580 days ago

A reminder to always wash your pits

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6963675/Ball-pits-dirty-dangerous-Scientists-thousands-bacteria-plastic-ball.html

ruthwatson.bsky.social•582 days ago

I'm guessing this level of ming is not confined to Las Vegas swimming pools? Or there something specifically poor about their water hygiene?

In short, is it safe to go into the water....?

*looks suspiciously at local pool*

broadcastscot.bsky.social•582 days ago

How about this? A brain-eating amoeba killing a child in Arkansas.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/19/arkansas-child-dies-brain-eating-amoeba-naegleria-fowleri

ruthwatson.bsky.social•582 days ago

Oh! How awful!

celtlass.bsky.social•581 days ago

Ewww.

ianhalst.bsky.social•573 days ago

Fascinatingly horrific. Like Las Vegas generally. 😬

dankaszeta.bsky.social•582 days ago

Anyway, the late 1990s were an interesting time in the Federal government. The govt was just starting to take CBRN terrorism, anthrax, all that stuff seriously.

dankaszeta.bsky.social•582 days ago

Washington DC had had its first major bioterror scare at the B'Nai Brth building but the full weight and organization of the US government was only slowly churning to build effective response to possible chem/bio terrorism.

dankaszeta.bsky.social•582 days ago

As part of a pro-bono effort to help other government agencies prepare along these lines, I gave seats in my training courses that would otherwise go unfilled to people from other agencies.

dankaszeta.bsky.social•582 days ago

I ran a highly regarded (and, for a while at least, academically accredited) 2 week CBRN training course for the White House Military Office

dankaszeta.bsky.social•582 days ago

Eventually, due to my contacts and alumni from my course, I had a reasonable network of people in various departments and agencies across the US govt gradually building capability and capacity on chem and bio terrorism.

dankaszeta.bsky.social•582 days ago

So, one day, I got a phone call at the White House. I can't remember if it was '98 or '99. One of these guys, from another Federal agency needed help and advice from me. Obviously the exact words are lost to me but it went something like this:

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