At Least 23 Cases of Legionnaires' Disease in NYC's Upper East
Is the city doing all it can or are there questions to be asked about how it's enforcing new regulations?
Above: A doorman hails a taxi outside a building in the Upper East Side neighborhood of New York on April 14. Image credit: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty Images
The Spin
Pro-establishment narrative
The likely cause of this outbreak is a cooling tower and the city is doing all it can to investigate the cooling towers in the affected area. This is not an issue with plumbing so it is safe for people to drink water, bathe, cook and use their air conditioners.
Establishment-critical narrative
While the city has passed a law to mandate regular testing of cooling towers, it must be asked what percentage have so far failed to comply and what the city is doing about it? The culprit is more than likely among those who have so far ignored the new regulations.
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