The Legionnaire's Disease Outbreak of 1976 // 30

In July, 1976, over 200 men were afflicted by a mysterious illness. Six months and 37 deaths later, an answer was found. Find out all about it on this episode of KSOM!!

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Music: Jay Root

References:

https://www.cdc.gov/legionella/about/history.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legionnaires%27_disease#:~:text=Legionnaires'%20disease%2C%20also%20known%20as,and%20diarrhea%20may%20also%20occur.

https://www.legionnairesdiseasenews.com/2017/07/look-back-1976-legionnaires-disease-got-name/

https://www.history.com/news/the-discovery-of-legionnaires-disease

https://www.legion.org/

https://www.alaforveterans.org/

Forensic Files, Season 1, Episode 7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X2FLyLSC9E

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Philadelphia_Legionnaires%27_disease_outbreak

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Bovenkarspel_legionellosis_outbreak