“When Marcia Blanar stayed at Hawks Cay Resort in the Florida Keys during the summer, a decorative fountain surrounded by benches ‘was raging with active Legionella,’ according to a lawsuit filed on her behalf earlier this month in Monroe County Circuit Court. Legionella, a type of bacteria, can cause Legionnaires’ Disease. The disease can cause a severe lung infection and is contracted by breathing in infected water, such as a spray of water. Blanar, of Maryland, ‘developed a fever and uncharacteristic fatigue,’ upon returning from her vacation, her attorney Ira Leesfield wrote in the lawsuit filed Oct. 1 in the Monroe County court.”

The Miami-Herald reports that ‘Blanar tested positive for Legionnaires’ Disease shortly after her stay at the sprawling resort on Duck Key, which was from June 30 to July 6…”

According to the CDC: “Legionnaires’ disease is very similar to other types of pneumonia (lung infection), with symptoms that include:

• • Cough
  • Shortness of breath
  • Fever
  • Muscle aches
  • Headaches

Legionnaires’ disease can also be associated with other symptoms such as diarrhea, nausea, and confusion. Symptoms usually begin 2 to 14 days after being exposed to the bacteria, but it can take longer.”

There is widespread concern that Florida could face a substantial decline in tourism during the 2021/2022 winter season due to concern over Covid19. Much of the worry is focused on how failed Republican Governor and ardent Trump acolyte Ron DeSantis has been manipulating the release of Covid19 information from state agencies. With millions of Americans already wary of trusting any information released by the DeSantis administration, along with reports that Florida suffered an outbreak of hundreds of cases of tuberculosis last year that spread across many of the state’s counties, any additional news coverage of infectious disease circulating in the state could put an end to many travelers’ Florida vacaation plans.