I contracted this in my late 20’s after a trip to NYC for a small student conference. The water supply in our restaurant that might was stored in a rooftop tank - not uncommon in New York. We left town the next day. Long story short, about 25% us developed pneumonia - really bad pneumonia. I was told for 3 days in the ER That my fever wasn't rising to 103 at might - I must be reading the thermometer wrong. They took an x-ray and said it was normal. Bronchitis they said. I told them i was sleeping in their waiting room. And predictably by 2- 3 am i was coughing so hard i couldn't breathe and my fever was 103. They admitted me for overnight into a ward. (I was broke college student with no insurance). The next say they came running into the ward and hustled me into a private room. Turns out the overexposed x-ray was a white-out and I had ARDS. After cultures and more films i was diagnosed with macoplasmic (?) pneumonia and was a long time recovering. I am positive if i got it today i would die.

Long story to say this is a bad bad bug .