Some scary news
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Could this be an explanation for the uptick in posts in the “Taiwan is broken” thread?
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a scary book from the cover to match the news !
What happened to just pissing in the pool…
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wonder how the Amoeba got in the pool, must be from that???
Still warm water that is not chemically treated. Shouldn’t happen at a waterpark where chlorine is used in copious amounts but here we are.
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I would have thought something as large(ish) as an amoeba would get captured by the water filters, but maybe they don’t have any. Or not of an appropriate pore size.
They probably don’t clean them. Why else would they force everyone to wear hats?
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Filters arent intended to remove parasites. in water parks at least. it’s an impossible venture to quarantine and make sterile such a place. one splash and there we go. water parks have infinite ways of parasitic inputs. ie. people entering the pool, wind, rain, animals, water spread etc. toxic chemicals are the standard for a fairly logical reason.
Taiwan is loaded with parasites, really a lot. the fact we dont really see too much of an uproar and lots of fatalities here is really a fantastic testament as to how chemically intertwined we are in Taiwan 
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That’s about physical blockage. not any different than a ditch with down tree debris. nothing to do with parasites and pathogens
Check a womans shower drain, and have some sympathy for pool maintenance crews 
I know they’re not intended to, but you’d think that the nature of the thing would remove at least a large fraction of them. I was just spitballing.
And TBH if they’re not intended to remove that sort of thing, then maybe should be. Particularly since the chemicals don’t seem to work reliably.
Would be nice, but the price point on such a large dirty system would be prohibitive. mostly they are simply.like large aquarium filters. using carbon and other rock based materials coupled with plastics for physical filtration. I dont think any of them are intended for pathogen level. it would be nice, but seems highly unlikely.
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Thats the point. They don’t exist in Taiwan. people are forced to wear swimming hats and speedos so they do not have to pay for people to clean hair and pubes out of the drains.
I’m not at all surprised that a dangerous virus has developed in such a filthy money saving environment.
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IIRC the chlorine levels were way below the recommended level, especially for one of the pools. The chemicals probably work a lot less reliably when they don’t bother using them correctly.
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They do exist. they may often be lack lustre. my point was that this point is a different point;)
The amoebas are a different thing than bacteria, viruses and whatnot. Quite frankly, this isnt so different in other countries. the issue they assume to be the culprit was that their toxic chemical pump was too low in this pool. so it didnt murder everything tiny. more hair, less hair. it is completely unrelated. unless of course the pool facilities that utilize strong UV sterilization in which water flows being blocked by hair (or any debris) would actually affect the liters per minute needed.
seems more clearly there was maintenance. problem wasnt that. problem was, as is all to often the case here, the workers are not as intelligent as their job title demands. but again, that’s a separate issue. more on general education and laziness than swimming caps
Google tells me that naegleria fowleri is quite small, in the 10ÎĽm ballpark. Which is apparently smaller than the typical 20ÎĽm minimum filtration size for a sand filter. Oh well.
Ya, most rock/plastic filtration systems for water not intended for human consumption arent going to get rid of many pathogens. just not really their purpose Hence chemical killing.
Yea don’t count on the average people here to be intelligent or even care about the job. They just do as they are told.
Not their job, to be fair. they are there to carry out the prescribed routine. the operation is responsible for making sure the system is A~OK. the workers just need to follow directions. Skimping out on chlorine sounds like probably either a cheap boss, a mistake or perhaps a flood that diluted the pools. either way, 1 taiwan beer says the insurance can weasel it’s way out of paying a dime and the operator is on the hook. at best, that person better be good at begging family members and saving face to settle out of court. probably wont be that much to settle anyways, often times a single freak death occurence is relatively cheap to sweep away… depends how deep the pockets are and how pissed off the family is.
Save on chlorine? How expensive is it anyways? The stuff is cheaper than dirt.
Hell you can just use saltwater chlorination machines and all you need is salt.