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littlemissmartypants

(31,249 posts) Sun Dec 7, 2025, 01:12 AM Dec 7

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Gym tied to outbreak of obscure disease that spreads through mist

An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease cases linked to a Florida gym has brought cases to a 10-year-high in the state.

The Orange County "gym exposure" outbreak includes 14 cases of the disease, the Florida Department of Health said.

Legionnaires' disease is a serious type of pneumonia caused by the Legionella bacteria, according to the health department. The lung infection can be mild for healthy people but serious and sometimes deadly for certain at-risk groups.

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The gym outbreak brings the total number of cases in Orange County in 2025 to 82, the highest in the state. Florida reported a total of 72 confirmed legionellosis cases in November. Florida has seen 665 cases in 2025.
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/12/06/florida-gym-outbreak-legionnaires-disease-symptoms/87641752007/

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Gym tied to outbreak of obscure disease that spreads through mist (Original Post) littlemissmartypants Dec 7 OP

Legionnaires Disease "obscure?" Raven123 Dec 7 #1

It's obscure to the twelve year old that wrote the article. OldBaldy1701E Dec 7 #2

The owners probably never cleaned the a/c unit and air ducts. Crowman2009 Dec 7 #3

Raven123

(7,411 posts)

1. Legionnaires Disease "obscure?"

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 04:55 AM

Dec 7

A worthy news item, but what is happening in journalism? The headline and the first sentence following don’t make sense in the same article.

OldBaldy1701E

(9,889 posts)

2. It's obscure to the twelve year old that wrote the article.

Reply to Raven123 (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 07:46 AM

Dec 7

(Okay, the author is not physically twelve.)

Crowman2009

(3,381 posts)

3. The owners probably never cleaned the a/c unit and air ducts.

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 05:40 PM

Dec 7

Who knows what has been growing in that system.

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