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Olympians will ‘literally be swimming in human crap,’ scientists say
But Olympic swimmers, sailors and windsurfers will have to look out for more than that, because the city’s waters have what health experts are calling a “petri dish of pathogens,” including bacterias that cause diarrhea, vomiting and even death to those with weakened immune systems. “Foreign athletes will literally be swimming in human crap, and they risk getting sick from all those microorganisms,” Dr. Daniel Becker, a local pediatrician who works in poor neighborhoods, told the New York Times. “It’s sad but also worrisome.”
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This is also the normal South American way. We all become immune over time but visitors get sick.
It's sad that the Olympics are such a waste of the money. Poor countries building top notch stadiums and facilities, but the surrounding neighborhoods could use the money even better... :-(