Calgary officials provide update on repairs after 'catastrophic' water main break
Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas says there's a "ticking time bomb" under the city's streets, and that means a new reality for residents moving forward.
"This Bearspaw feeder main served Calgarians for many years, but right now, it is at end-of-life," Farkas told CBC Radio's Calgary Eyeopener on Monday.
"No amount of short-term fixes, no amount of patchwork will be able to get this back into a reliable condition."
Last Tuesday, Calgary saw its second "catastrophic" water main break in the northwest in less than two years. That led to water restrictions and a boil-water advisory for several northwest communities, which were lifted late on Sunday.
Title is somewhat misleading. Apparently these deaths were "potentially associated with the bug".
HackerNews commenters also note that the documentation provided by these meters explicitly call out that the user needs to be mindful of extreme readings and relate them to how they feel; then using a prick meter to check in situations where the reading is questionable. They also call out that the bug isn't on the side of the measurement scale near "death if incorrect reading" but on the "could be bad if not corrected long term" side.
So it's unlikely these deaths are all directly related to this bug.
Though obviously this is still bad, shame on Abbott, just not click-baity bad.
https://abbott.mediaroom.com/press-releases?item=124718
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46388040