Have you gotten a disease or been poisoned while cruising?

[GordMay]

Bti [short for Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies israelensis] is a biological, naturally occurring, bacterium found in soils. According the US EPA, "... microbial pesticides have undergone extensive testing prior to registration. They are essentially nontoxic to humans, so there are no concerns for human health effects with Bti or B. sphaericus when they are used according to label directions."


According to and Canadian PMRA
Mammals do not have an apparatus that can activate the toxin contained in Bti, and therefore it is safe for humans.
In its 2006 re-evaluation of the registration of Bacillus thuringiensis, the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) states that:
"... Consumption of treated products cannot be expected to pose a risk to the public, children and infants. The risk of exposure through drinking water is negligible. The low toxicity of Bacillus thuringi ensis and the demonstration of its safety suggest that human exposure through drinking
water does not pose a significant risk.”

[GordMay]

The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety rolled out a second edition of their “Flu and Infectious Disease Outbreaks Business Continuity Plan Handbook”, warning citizens to prepare for a hypothetical new virus, that could lead to food and fuel disruptions.

They focus on a 'hypothetical virus', that they warn could trigger further disruption than Covid-19.

It states that 'based on trends from past pandemic flu, there may be a higher average number of illness and deaths, in age groups different than what we typically see, during annual flu seasons.'

A future pandemic 'will come in two or three waves about three to nine months separating each outbreak', it adds.

The hypothetical virus could also last in these cycles for as much as two years, the report warns.

It comes after American Dr Anthony Fauci recommended that people [with comorbidities and seniors] start wearing masks again, due to a rise in Covid cases.

Flu and Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Business Continuity Plan
Second Edition ➥ https://publications.gc.ca/collectio...-24-15-eng.pdf

[Uricanejack]

Originally Posted by richardhc

I'm doing an article about staying healthy while cruising for noonsite and am looking for stories from sailors who have gotten malaria, dengue (or some other mossie borne disease), Ciguatera or other food poisoning, a badly infected coral cut. Especially if this happened in a very remote area and totally messed up your cruising for a long time.
The objective is to make cruisers realize these are serious issues and, frankly, scare them into taking the necessary steps to prevent sharing the experience.
Your story can be completely anonymous if you wish.
Reply on this thread or message me to get in contact.
I'm doing the article for free as part of a noonsite series on cruising kindly.

If you. Wear proper PPE. Avoid sticking anything anywhere you wouldn't put your finger. You should be alright.

[skipperpete]

Ringworm and various other fungal diseases are common in the tropics with the most obvious being the yachties “ Green toenail” with the mysterious and intensely itchy ringworm equally prevalent, seems like “Fungus the bogey man” is alive and well in the hot tropics. Dengue fever seems to have eclipsed Malaria in Asian countries and is often fatal and as a word of warning, avoid at all costs the malaria treatment known as LARIAM (melifloquine). In Thailand, rabies is still a serious problem but seemingly not in Malaysia and the treatment is unpleasant to say the least
Skin cancer in all of its various forms is a serious problem for cruising yachties and not as easy to avoid as it might seem.

[GordMay]

“Disease X”represents, not a specific illness, but a placeholder, for the unexpected, a potential future global pandemic, that could surpass known diseases, in impact.
First coined by the World Health Organization (WHO)*, this hypothetical pathogen symbolizes the unpredictable nature of health threats, in a globally connected world.
Planning for the emergence of an, as-yet unknown, infectious pathogen could mean a swifter, more effective public health response - one that readily yields the vaccines, treatments, and diagnostic tests needed, to save lives.
Video ➥ https://youtu.be/bQ_AvcTP5u0
Transcript ➥ https://www.who.int/podcasts/series/...14---disease-x

See also:
* “ The World Health Organization is preparing for ‘Disease X’ ” ~ The World Economic Forum, March 28, 2018
➥ https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/...for-disease-x/

[Marinero60]

Could be a valuable topic, if people will not only tell dramatic stories, but give advice or lessons learnt?


My lesson :-)

I got once a quite heavy kind of "food poisening" - at the end my own fault! Four days with the usual and really ugly symptoms. At first I suspected the drinking water - I once had water ingress on the river near Constanta (Romania) through an unclosed toilet valve. Stupid, but **** happens. Went to a lab in Constanta for a water analyses - no coli or such stuff.


After some thoughts I remembered...



I had eaten a sausage the day before that had fallen out of the pack onto the floor of the fridge - smell and appearance were ok. And I was pretty hungry . And there was apparently contaminated water (condensation) on the bottom of the fridge. Ugly bacteria, I guess.


Lesson learned: Since then I clean the bottom of the fridge with alcohol every few days. At least when I have “open” food in there.