[evbogue]

Is there some major change we can make to our society, on a political and perhaps even social level, that might prevent these infections from spreading?

I want to blame the tap water, and also don't want to let the Neti off the hook here. And the Amoeba clearly isn't intelligent enough to be the culprit here.

Upvotes for whoever comes up with the most extreme response they can think of.

[Dove]

Better warning labels is all we need.

My nasal rinse has red text that says, "Warning: Do not use tap water unless sterilized by boiling." Given the absolute proliferation of useless warnings, we all ignore a dozen such notices on a typical day. What it should say is, "Warning: Death or serious injury may result from the use of tap water. Google species name for more information. The following options are safe..."

[jlarocco]

> Upvotes for whoever comes up with the most extreme response they can think of.

We should breed the amoeba and purposely add it to our water supply, making the chance of infection incredibly high while simultaneously raising awareness.

[leptons]

>Is there some major change we can make to our society, on a political and perhaps even social level, that might prevent these infections from spreading?

It's already widely know that distilled water is the way to use a neti pot. Doctors that recommended the neti pot to me were very explicit about only using distliled water with it. It's printed on the box and the instructions for the neti pots that it's for use with distilled water only. If people hear or read those words and then just fill it with tap water, then that's Darwinism at work.

[dghlsakjg]

Didn't you read the article?

It says that you can eliminate the risk by boiling the water. we need to require that all of these have an electric kettle element that raises the water temperature to boiling before it enters the nasal cavity.

[13of40]

How about mandating a big orange safety ball on the spout of the neti pot to prevent it going into nostrils?