There might be reasons why it’s safer in Europe than the US. One example is locally the entire underground water supply west of Ann Arbor, MI was polluted by G

There might be reasons why it’s safer in Europe than the US. One example is locally the entire underground water supply west of Ann Arbor, MI was polluted by Gelman Chemicals illegally dumping over decades. Now that’s not a river, but there are many similar stories about rivers being heavily polluted in the US. I don’t know but it’s possible these kinda of situations are much more rare in Europe. It’s also possible those Europeans are acting recklessly and cases of protean infection are much higher than in the US due to our propensity to filter. My point is this anecdote alone is not good enough to draw a conclusion from.