Parasites, yuck!

As a reporter, you really never know what news may come. That happened to me today. Some children involved with a swimming program at West Chester University started vomitting, having diarrhea and other unpleasant symptoms. Well, it turns out some of these children contracted nasty parasites that create serious intestinal distress and are spread through water. One of the bugs found was Cryptosporidium.

The Chester County Health Department is involved in this matter. Tests and interviews with children, parents and staff members of the program are being conducted.
WCU's pool on South Campus is closed, so more tests can be done and the parasites can be killed.
It is crucial that if your child has any of the symptoms listed, he or she does not go into another public pool because it will spread the illness to other people.

A full report of this will be in tomorrow's paper.