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[pct-l] Giaradia Hype



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 We've been told for the last 15 years that Giaradia is a plague left over
from the Egyptian times with Moses and that any hiker needs to treat their
water from this or face a fate worse than death!!
   I am happy that this month's Backpacker Mag. wrote what I always believed(
Page 83 , April 03) Giardia is so common that it was once thought to be a
normal resident of the human intestinal tract. Many people have a natural
immunity. If you drink treated water from a big city your whole life, you
probably are not immune. BUT if you you had well water as a kid  and drank
pond water most your life, your might be immune!! Don't know of many
thru-hikers on the PCT that finish their trip with a water filter in their
pack.
     Yes , you can still get sick from other "Gooddies" in your water , but
giaradia  is as common as instant oatmeal and poptarts on the trail  and is a
boggie man sponsored by the filter industry.