Serbian fans contract Legionnaires’ disease

Yet another disaster, after a disastrous hosting of the handball world championships. Croatia has shown the world that they are not capable of hosting such events.

And who said Croatia wasn't a good host, when Croatia has distributed parting gifts for handball spectators.

I would hate to be on Croatia's bad side, if this is what you get for being on their good side.

Speedy recovery to the ill.

Stop blaming Croatia! Take a look at where else the disease had broken out with far wrse results:

Philadelphia, 1976

The first recognized outbreak occurred on July 27, 1976 at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where members of the American Legion, a United States military veterans association, had gathered for the American Bicentennial. Within two days of the event’s start, veterans began falling ill with a then-unidentified pneumonia. They had high breathing rates and chest pains. Numbers differ, but perhaps as many as 221 people were given medical treatment and 34 deaths occurred.



Netherlands, 1999

In March 1999, an outbreak in the Netherlands occurred during a flower exhibition in Bovenkarspel. 200 people became ill and at least 32 people died. There is a possibility that more people died from it, but these people were buried before the Legionella infection was recognized.

Spain, 2001
The world’s largest outbreak of Legionnaires' disease happened in July 2001 (patients began appearing at the hospital on July 7), in Murcia, Spain. More than 800 suspected cases were recorded by the time the last case was treated on July 22; 636-696 of these cases were estimated and 449 confirmed (so, at least 16,000 people were exposed to the bacterium) and 6 died (a case-fatality rate of approximately 1%).[citation needed]
United Kingdom, 2002

In 2002, Barrow-in-Furness suffered the U.K.'s worst outbreak of Legionnaires' disease. Six women and one man died as a result of the illness, another 172 people also contracted the disease.

when you go blaming someone for everything possible, you lose the credibility of blaming them for things when it really is their fault.

Let's hope the people get well soon, but stop thinking that Croatia is unfit to host events...

Yet another disaster, after a disastrous hosting of the handball world championships. Croatia has shown the world that they are not capable of hosting such events.

And who said Croatia wasn't a good host, when Croatia has distributed parting gifts for handball spectators.

I would hate to be on Croatia's bad side, if this is what you get for being on their good side.

Speedy recovery to the ill.

Stop blaming Croatia! Take a look at where else the disease had broken out with far wrse results:

Philadelphia, 1976

The first recognized outbreak occurred on July 27, 1976 at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where members of the American Legion, a United States military veterans association, had gathered for the American Bicentennial. Within two days of the event’s start, veterans began falling ill with a then-unidentified pneumonia. They had high breathing rates and chest pains. Numbers differ, but perhaps as many as 221 people were given medical treatment and 34 deaths occurred.



Netherlands, 1999

In March 1999, an outbreak in the Netherlands occurred during a flower exhibition in Bovenkarspel. 200 people became ill and at least 32 people died. There is a possibility that more people died from it, but these people were buried before the Legionella infection was recognized.

Spain, 2001
The world’s largest outbreak of Legionnaires' disease happened in July 2001 (patients began appearing at the hospital on July 7), in Murcia, Spain. More than 800 suspected cases were recorded by the time the last case was treated on July 22; 636-696 of these cases were estimated and 449 confirmed (so, at least 16,000 people were exposed to the bacterium) and 6 died (a case-fatality rate of approximately 1%).[citation needed]
United Kingdom, 2002

In 2002, Barrow-in-Furness suffered the U.K.'s worst outbreak of Legionnaires' disease. Six women and one man died as a result of the illness, another 172 people also contracted the disease.

when you go blaming someone for everything possible, you lose the credibility of blaming them for things when it really is their fault.

Let's hope the people get well soon, but stop thinking that Croatia is unfit to host events...