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Most countries I care to live in don't have issues of open defecation and water sources contaminated with shit. Generally, people care about basic hygiene issu

by swombat 14y ago

Most countries I care to live in don't have issues of open defecation and water sources contaminated with shit. Generally, people care about basic hygiene issues before they look at the other stuff. If a country's hygiene is so bad it has a 100x larger chance that it might kill you, the rest is irrelevant. Between that and the corruption, India is one country I'm not setting foot in for the foreseeable future. It's a shame, because it is also a cradle of humanity with much history, but I guess that doesn't stop it from turning into a shithole... (Quite literally)

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lostlogin 14y ago
Most countries would, I'm pretty sure, have waterways contaminated with shit. Mine does (New Zealand) and most I've been to have had warnings about not drinking stream water, even in remote ares. Open defecation though? Nope.
- swombat 14y ago
  I have yet to spend any significant amount of time in a country where I couldn't drink tap water. India is clearly one of those. Even in the US you can drink tap water, though it tastes awful because it's usually so heavily chlorinated.
ayushgta 14y ago
> India is one country I'm not setting foot in for the foreseeable future. Yes its a shame. You don't have to live there. But 1 of every 6 fellow humans do. And not all of them openly defecate. Some are even pleasant enough to shake hands with. Many take a lot more antibiotics to ward off the germs but still die early. Lucky for you you don't have to die early :) but armed with antibiotics and Fiona's travel guides (http://bit.ly/ZR6wtm http://bit.ly/ZR6wtm), you can experience a sliver of the place which is "also a cradle of humanity with much history".
- jbattle 14y ago
  Which in a round-about way - means that sanitation problems in India might turn into problems for the rest of humanity through the over/misuse of antibiotics leading to widespread resistance.
  - nathan_long 14y ago
    This. Oh my gosh, this. The idea that people in India are regularly dosing themselves with antibiotics just to get by is a terrifying prospect for disease outbreaks.
  - ayushgta 14y ago
    Indeed, that coupled with poor regulation of prescription drugs and lack of awareness of dangers of antibiotic misuse. I was researching global antiobiotic misuse and came upon an interactive map of antiobiotic resistance for major diseases http://www.cgdev.org/page/looking-drug-resistance http://www.cgdev.org/page/looking-drug-resistance Be sure to click on the individual diseases as the default there is Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis A more detailed report http://www.cgdev.org/sites/default/files/1424207_file_CGD_DRWG_FINAL.pdf http://www.cgdev.org/sites/default/files/1424207_file_CGD_DR...

by swombat 14y ago

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lostlogin 14y ago

Most countries would, I'm pretty sure, have waterways contaminated with shit. Mine does (New Zealand) and most I've been to have had warnings about not drinking stream water, even in remote ares. Open defecation though? Nope.

swombat 14y ago
I have yet to spend any significant amount of time in a country where I couldn't drink tap water. India is clearly one of those. Even in the US you can drink tap water, though it tastes awful because it's usually so heavily chlorinated.

ayushgta 14y ago

> India is one country I'm not setting foot in for the foreseeable future. Yes its a shame. You don't have to live there. But 1 of every 6 fellow humans do. And not all of them openly defecate. Some are even pleasant enough to shake hands with. Many take a lot more antibiotics to ward off the germs but still die early. Lucky for you you don't have to die early :) but armed with antibiotics and Fiona's travel guides (http://bit.ly/ZR6wtm http://bit.ly/ZR6wtm), you can experience a sliver of the place which is "also a cradle of humanity with much history".

jbattle 14y ago
Which in a round-about way - means that sanitation problems in India might turn into problems for the rest of humanity through the over/misuse of antibiotics leading to widespread resistance.
- nathan_long 14y ago
  This. Oh my gosh, this. The idea that people in India are regularly dosing themselves with antibiotics just to get by is a terrifying prospect for disease outbreaks.
- ayushgta 14y ago
  Indeed, that coupled with poor regulation of prescription drugs and lack of awareness of dangers of antibiotic misuse. I was researching global antiobiotic misuse and came upon an interactive map of antiobiotic resistance for major diseases http://www.cgdev.org/page/looking-drug-resistance http://www.cgdev.org/page/looking-drug-resistance Be sure to click on the individual diseases as the default there is Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis A more detailed report http://www.cgdev.org/sites/default/files/1424207_file_CGD_DRWG_FINAL.pdf http://www.cgdev.org/sites/default/files/1424207_file_CGD_DR...