密歇根新闻广播 弗林特的肺炎病例让人们质疑官方的军团病死亡人数

There were 91 people who contracted Legionnaires' disease in Genesee County in 2014 and 2015.

It was a spectacular spike¹ in cases in a county which averaged fewer than 10 cases of legionella over the prior four years.

Records show that 12 of those 91 patients died.

And, as we know by now, the burst of Legionnaires' cases came after April 2014. After Flint switched its drinking water source from the Detroit system to the Flint River, a switch that happened without properly treating the river water.

In her latest story for Bridge Magazine, Chastity Pratt Dawsey raises the troubling question: could that death toll² from legionella actually be higher?

There was a big jump in pneumonia³ and flu deaths in Genesee County in 2014. How many of those could have been Legionnaires'?

And, even though health officials and hospitals knew of the legionella outbreak, why did they keep patients and family members in the dark?

Dawsey joined us on today's Stateside to talk more about these questions.

We were also joined by LaShema Marble. Her mother Bertie died in March of 2015. Her medical records speak of "healthcare-associated pneumonia."

It was only after her death that the family discovered a doctor's order to test Bertie for Legionnaires'.

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Chastity Pratt Dawsey is a reporter for Bridge Magazine. She tweets @CPrattDawsey.

LaShema Marble's mother passed away in March of 2015. Though her mother's death was attributed to "healthcare-related pneumonia," Marble and her family discovered among her health records a doctor's order to test for Legionnaires'.

1 spike   

n.长钉，钉鞋；v.以大钉钉牢，使...失效

参考例句：

• The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.那个钉子穿过那些收据并使之按顺序排列。
• They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手。

2 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

3 pneumonia   

n.肺炎

参考例句：

• Cage was struck with pneumonia in her youth.凯奇年轻时得过肺炎。
• Pneumonia carried him off last week.肺炎上星期夺去了他的生命。