[Ansteorra] Answers to Questions-Waterbearer proposal

[rurikthered at swordworks.org]

one person would not trigger any type of investigation, but dozen in a
short time would. This would then be investigated to see what everyone had
in common...the SCA Event they all went to. It might not be the people
involved suing but the insurance companies

Rurik
Military food inspector who HAS done just such an investigation
(Ft Sill, 1993... 800 Basic trainees from the same unit admitted ot the
hospital within 2 hours...Mass casulty incident declared)

> Salut cozyns,
>
> I think it's a bit far-fetched, though, to think that someone showing up
> at a hospital ER with food poisoning would result in public health
> inspections for our events. By the time the public health folks got wind
> of it, the event would be over.
> En Lyonel
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> Impedimentum via est (The obstacle is the path)
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>> Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:12:23 -0500> From: engtrktwo at gmail.com> To:
>> ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Answers to
>> Questions-Waterbearer proposal> > Sir Lyonel,> > I do not claim any
>> direct knowledge of the public health system, or local> heal codes.> >
>> However, I have seen a massive increase in the number of media reported
>> food> sickness related events over the past few years.> > That fact
>> alone tells me that public awareness of food-born illness is up.> If one
>> of our members walks into a hospital with food poisoning after an>
>> event, even if we are ultimately cleared of any responsibility, I do
>> not> want to guess what the negative effects will be on us.> > I
>> appreciate that it has not happened yet, and I certainty do not want to
>> be> alarmist on the issue. But the world, the US, and even Ansteorra are
>> a> changing place, and we must not forget that fact.> > Lord Ivo
>> Blackhawk.> > > > Has any SCA function ever been subjected to a public
>> health inspection
>  ?> >> > En Lyonel> > _________________________________> > Impedimentum
> via est (The obstacle is the path)> >> >>
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