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Since the reason for not swimming in the Seine was sewage, a "stomach bug" is exactly the problem you'd expect to develop after swimming in it. To rule the wate
by thaumasiotes 1y ago
Since the reason for not swimming in the Seine was sewage, a "stomach bug" is exactly the problem you'd expect to develop after swimming in it. To rule the water out, you'd need evidence that, say, the guy ate at a restaurant with several other people who didn't go swimming, and they got sick too.
- mym1990 1y agoWhy not just compare the incidence of sickness at the swimming event vs other triathlon swimming events and see if 2(or whatever the number of competitors affected was) is abnormal and work from there?
- pdabbadabba 1y agoYep. That has, in fact, been done and seems to show an elevated risk of GI illness in Olympians who swam in the Seine compared to previous Olympics. https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/111605 https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/1116...
- thaumasiotes 1y agoThat would be an approach to the question of "is the Seine dirtier than other triathlon events?", but it wouldn't address the question of "how did this guy get sick?"
- bluGill 1y agoi cannot find current data, but france had more food poinoning case than the us about 20 years ago (that is not per capita, that is total) thus it something they ate is not unlikely