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<p>Fresh blood is not unhygienic, just yucky (like many bodily
fluids it should be sterile). But it is full of nutrients that
will allow microorganisms to grow quickly if it is a warm
environment. Mix it with mud and the present organisms will have a
great feast - both pathogens and non-pathogens. Most
microorganisms are easily destroyed by the immune system, since
they lack the adaptations that make them survive in a human
environment.</p>
<p>In the Bangladesh case I suspect the blood is not much of an
issue compared to bad sanitation: I would rather be splashed with
blood-mixed water than sewage-mixed water, since the later will be
full of organisms adapted to humans. So the damage is mostly
aesthetic.</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2016-09-14 18:12, spike wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">…but I do know that this hasta be bad:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://abcnews.go.com/International/heavy-rains-eid-animal-sacrifices-create-rivers-blood/story?id=42086087">http://abcnews.go.com/International/heavy-rains-eid-animal-sacrifices-create-rivers-blood/story?id=42086087</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Epidemiology hipsters please: wouldn’t this
be a huge potential for… I don’t even know what, but it sure
looks bad to have all these people splashing around in bloody
rainwater. Is there some kind of beast which could make it’s
living on this stuff? Flies? Some kind of pathogen?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">spike<o:p></o:p></p>
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Oxford Martin School
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