Legionnaires’ tragedy warns US voters that unserious leaders can be deadly
Betsy McCaughey Opinion Legionnaires’ tragedy warns US voters that unserious leaders can be deadly By Betsy McCaughey Published July 23, 2026, 9:38 p.m. Add The New York Post on Google So far five New Yorkers have been killed by the latest Legionella outbreak — and with victims still hospitalized, the death toll may rise. The city has a core, lifesaving duty to monitor and inspect the air-conditioning cooling towers that can spread potentially deadly bacteria.
- ▪Betsy McCaughey Opinion Legionnaires’ tragedy warns US voters that unserious leaders can be deadly By Betsy McCaughey Published July 23, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
- ▪Add The New York Post on Google So far five New Yorkers have been killed by the latest Legionella outbreak — and with victims still hospitalized, the death toll may rise.
- ▪The city has a core, lifesaving duty to monitor and inspect the air-conditioning cooling towers that can spread potentially deadly bacteria.
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| Publication time | Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:38:26 -0400 |
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Betsy McCaughey Opinion Legionnaires’ tragedy warns US voters that unserious leaders can be deadly By Betsy McCaughey Published July 23, 2026, 9:38 p.m. ET (function() { var overlay = document.getElementById("nyp-player-lcp-overlay"); if (!overlay) { return; } function hideOverlay() { overlay.remove(); } function afterDCL() { requestAnimationFrame(hideOverlay); } if (document.readyState === "loading") { document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", afterDCL, { once: true }); } else { afterDCL(); } })(); See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google So far five New Yorkers have been killed by the latest Legionella outbreak — and with victims still hospitalized, the death toll may rise. All of them were preventable tragedies.
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