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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our chief public health officer ladies and gentlemen!
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/us/politics/rfk-jr-rock-creek-bacteria.html
[quote]Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, posted photos on Sunday of himself and his grandchildren swimming in a contaminated Washington creek [b]where swimming is not allowed because it is used for sewer runoff[/b].

Rock Creek, which flows through much of Northwest Washington, is used to drain excess sewage and storm water during rainfall. The creek has widespread “fecal” contamination and high levels of bacteria, including E. coli, and the city has banned swimming in all of its waterways for more than 50 years because of the widespread contamination of Rock Creek and other nearby rivers.

“Rock Creek has high levels of bacteria and other infectious pathogens that make swimming, wading, and other contact with the water a hazard to human (and pet) health,” the National Park Service wrote in an advisory on its website, adding “All District waterways are subject to a swim ban — this means wading, too!”[/quote][/quote]

Wow, an actual sh**hole.  :shock:  Not surprising.

Imagine his immunity level though.  :shock:

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