Thursday, September 29, 2005

Flowing bacteria

Our world-class neighbor seems to be having problems keeping the inhabitants out of the fountains.
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050929/OPINION01/509290381
Can they not read signs? Do they not understand the risks? The coliform bacteria counts that are high can cause serious intestinal diseases as well as skin infections and a life threatening condition call Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome that has killed children.

How should a community deal with people who choose to disobey the rules? When they get sick, it is you and I and other taxpayers who will finance their illnesses either through Medicaid, risk-sharing with premiums from insurance or lost wages.

My suggestion is to start imposing fines, and hefty ones at that, to get these narcissists to think of something other than there own personal gratification. Their poor decisions cost others time and money and also place others at risk from spread of the germs.

1 Comments:

Blogger The New Albanian said...

Babies in diapers ...

9/29/2005 01:43:00 PM  

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