Can’t say we’re all that surprised about this one.
Health officials identified legionella bacteria in a whirlpool spa at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles during an investigation in February that began when people were sickened after attending a fundraiser.
A number of people came down with a respiratory illness after DomainFest’s Feb. 1-3 conference, which culminated in a fundraiser at the Playboy Mansion in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles. Officials investigated to see if legionellosis was at fault; the more severe version of that illness is known as Legionnaires’ disease, while a milder version is called Pontiac fever.
Out of 439 people contacted by L.A. County public health officials, 123 fell sick with fever and at least one other symptom, such as headache, cough, shortness of breath, or aches. Sixty-nine people got sick on the same day, Feb. 5.
Nonetheless, because legionella bacteria were found at the Playboy Mansion, officials concluded that exposure to the Playboy Mansion “was associated with increased risk for illness,” potentially involving either the Legionella pneumophila bacterium or the flu.
Late Friday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health released a statement on the identification of the bacteria:
“Though Legionella bacteria was identified in a water sample taken from the Playboy Mansion, this bacteria has not been determined as the source of the respiratory outbreak. Other potential causes under investigation include influenza, as three individuals who attended the conference tested later positive for the flu. However, the cause of the outbreak has not been conclusively determined at this time,” the statement said. “Investigations such as this one can take several months.”
The results were made public Friday in a presentation by L.A. County health officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s annual Epidemic Intelligence Service conference in Atlanta.
We don’t need a warning from health officials to tell us exposure to the Playboy Mansion is associated to increased risk of illness. All them nasty orgies them white folks have up in that hot tub! They can keep that!
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