00:00Before you get into that vacation rental hot tub this summer, the CDC has a warning you need to
00:05hear. A new CDC MMWR report confirmed this week that a hot tub at a private vacation rental in
00:12western New York caused a Legionnaire's disease outbreak. Whole genome sequencing directly traced
00:18the deadly Legionella bacteria to the property's water system. The rental owner initially refused
00:25to cooperate with the CDC investigation. Legionnaire's disease is a severe form of pneumonia
00:30caused by breathing in water droplets contaminated with Legionella. It kills roughly 1 in 10 people
00:36who develop serious infection. Symptoms—fever, cough, shortness of breath—can appear 2 to 10 days
00:44after exposure. With millions of Americans renting vacation properties this summer, the CDC warns that
00:51hot tub maintenance standards at private rentals are often unknowable. If you're staying at
00:56a rental with a hot tub, ask when it was last professionally serviced. This warning could save
01:02your life.
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