pumping creek water

am1958 wrote:
Isn't it amazing? Sixty four responses to the OP that largely railed against him for using water from a non-city source for anything but looking at yet, when confronted by a little logic and good sense there isn't a single response to refute my assertion.

The mindset has become something of a religion hasn't it? Fueled by Johnson and Johnson etc. in order to sell their products. Logic and knowledge of bodily functions are irrelevant, many here have been assimilated...

Here's another true story from those thinking they are "avoiding risk".

Belize again, because the jungle is, without doubt, the most "infectious" environment we have on the planet.

We were taking an FST, (Field Surgical Team), out to a village named Crique Sarco deep in the jungle in South West Belize. We'd been in a couple of times in the previous two weeks to advertize the "event" so that those in the outlying areas would know to attend. We got there and, out of interest I followed the team around.

A man appeared with an old shirt tied around his right forearm that was clearly soaked in pus and gunk. Upon removal of the shirt we were presented with a wound caused by a machete that was around 8" long that was swollen and oozing green and brown pus. An accident caused when he and his brother were cutting and burning a new field from the jungle.

The medic cleaned it with water and antiseptic but it was still clearly well past such basic treatment. He gave the man a tiny pill, about 2mm, and three more informing him to take one daily for the next three days and return to Crique Sarco on the fourth day. I was a bit stunned and asked him what that tiny little pill was. He said it was Penicillin... I thought "That's funny, when I get a cold the Dr. gives me a bloody horse pill yet he gets half a grain of rice".

I questioned him and his response was "You've never seen Penicillin work properly have you? Come back with us in four days". I did. The man appeared as requested and his bandage was dirty and sweaty but showed no no sign of the infection that his first dressing had shown. The medic removed the bandage and we were presented with a wound that had almost no swelling, absolutely no pus and an orangish, crystalline crust neatly aligned along the wound. The change was almost frightening.

I asked the medic how I need 200+mg three times daily for a cold while this man needs 20mg of the same drug to clean a wound that was profoundly "rotten". He explained that everything we eat has been treated with Penicillin and it passes through the meat we eat, the fish we eat into us and that the bacteria we face in our "protected" lives are used to it. So we have to, literally, nuke them with the drug just to keep them at bay.

But the bacteria keep "learning" and their "immune system" keeps improving. This is why we are starting to see these "superbugs". They are the result of our own stupidity and fear.

We're making our own executioner... Stop cleaning religiously, pick up the dropped fork unless it landed in something clearly foul and feel free to sneeze in your hand and wipe the reside on the rear of your jeans and get on with life...

Like normal people do...




Yes, I'm aware a "cold" is a virus that can't be treated by Penicillin... I used it as an example...

I agree. And, I have some friends that are about to have a new baby in a few days. They are still looking forward to camping with it next spring. By taking their baby out into a less sterile environment they are allowing it to get used to a more diverse system and then it's body can build up resistance to more things.

Of course they will use common since and be slightly careful. But, it's better then setting in the house with it all summer afraid to take it outside for fear it might catch something.