200 People Get Sick at Lake Wazee
Friday, July 13th, 2012 -- 8:30 AM
-Over 200 people have gotten sick from swimming in Lake Wazee in Jackson County."We're thinking it's probably Norovirus, that's our suspicion at this time," said Christine Hovell, the Public Health Manager for Jackson County.
She says that is based on the symptoms being shown and some other findings.
"We've determined there's definitely a human fecal contaminate," Hovell said. "We had a lot of people on the lake, we had somebody that probably contaminated the lake and it spreads very quickly through the water.?
Especially in shallow waters like at Lake Wazee's Beach and it spreads when people do not wash their hands, contaminating objects, others and even themselves.
The problems at Lake Wazee are short-term and natural elements already occurring in the water along with the ultra-violet rays from the sun will help clean it out, making its clear blue water safe to swim in again.
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