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People are still getting into crypto in the UK.
The United Kingdom is experiencing a dramatic outbreak—unprecedented in scale and magnitude—of diarrheal illnesses from the intestinal parasite, Cryptosporidium, aka Crypto.
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The most common route of infection is recreational waters. Crypto oocysts are extremely tolerant to chlorine. In properly chlorinated pool water, Crypto can live for more than a full week. When an infected or recently sick swimmer takes a dip, oocysts can enter the pool. As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention bluntly puts it: germs can enter the water "from small amounts of poop rinsing off swimmers’ butts."