[pct-l] Giardiasis

[CMountainDave@aol.com (CMountainDave@aol.com)]

Here is a link to one of the best articles I've read about giardia, 
especially in the High Sierras.


http://www.yosemite.org/naturenotes/Giardia.htm


Won't make any difference now that some noted scientist says filtering water 
in the wilderness is unnecessary. Everybody knows that eggs are bad for you, 
you should hang food to keep it away from bears, and that you should treat 
all water. Perceptions thrust upon us by those sort of bright scientists who 
brilliantly tunnel focus on only one spot on a problem, die hard. And as 
usual, the conclusions garnered by studying only a portion of the whole are 
too simplistic to be of much use. Ain't nobody gonna give up their filter 
because it does, at least, ease anxiety