when michigan's republican governor rick snyder took away flint's local democracy and his state managersint river, they didn't take the necessary steps to prevent the river water from corroding the pipes in the city. that's how flint got poisoned, toxic lead from the chewed up pipes traveled through the local circuits and ended up in the bodies of moms and dads and little kids who live in flint. there was also another problem with the water in flint. the same conditions that sent lead gushing into the town's drinking sunglasses sippy cups and baby bottles, those same conditions were also perfect for growing the bacteria behind a deadly form of pneumonia. it's a water-born disease known as legionnaires'. in january 2016, governor rick snyder revealed that flint had experienced a spike in cases of legionnaires' while fingerprint flint was drinking that corrosive river water. the state settled on 12 as the official death toll. from that part of the outbreak, and that's been the official count ever since. 12 people lost to legionnaires', likely connected to the change in flint water. 12 deat

government were aware about cabinets and ease of the governor however the governor of michigan from rick snyder has said he did not learn about the outbreak of legionnaires until another year later in january 2016 after which the outbreak has significantly subsided and it had been a year and a half since it began. >> host: what does legionnaires due to somewhat? >> guest: legionnaires is a very severe form of pneumonia. almost all get admitted into the icu. it can cause kidney failure, heart failure, lung failure and it is a very severe type of pneumonia which is why it's so crucial you get treated right away. why it's so crucial to medical community be aware that there is an outbreak. it's also important the public knows there's an outbreak because if you have call for fever or nausea or any thank you may have a cold or the flu if you know visited the outbreak of legionnaires' disease in your community you might go to the emergency a lot quicker. >> host: you profiled flint residents who got sick during this outbreak of legionnaires' disease and some connected her illness with that and she has

however, former governor of michigan rick snyder has had that he did not know about the outbreak of each and there's until january of 2016 -- the outbreak of the juniors until ofuary of 2016 the outbreak -- he did not know about the outbreak until january of 2016. host: what does the disease due to someone? guest: it can cause kidney failure, lung failure, heart failure, it is a very severe type of pneumonia. that is why it is so crucial that you get treated right away. and why it is so crucial that the medical community be aware that there is an outbreak. and it is also important that the public knows, because if you have a fever nausea and you think you have a cold or flu, if you know there's a deadly outbreak of the disease in your community you might go to the emergency room a lot quicker,. in flint profound resident who got sick of doing the outbreak of legionnaires disease, and some connected her illness with that. she has since passed away. i wanted to just show the viewers of the debate from the documentary featuring jasmine macbride. [video clip] >> i have been doing breathing t

though governor rick snyder would insist hstdidn't know about the outbreak until 2016, em15ls show that at least three of his aides-- and twof his cabinet members-- had been told about it. and into the summer, it continued. three cases in may, seven more in june, 13 in july, 13 in august. >> tick, tick, tick, case after case afterase. there's another one, there's another one, there ather one. confirmed cases in the year and a half followinghe water switch. 12 people had died. >> it i a ver abig idemic, cs off tof largest epide legionnaires' disease that we know of. >> we heard rumors that there were outbreaks of legionellaat e could not confirm, and we weren't getting any communication from our count health department, definitely no information from the statert dent. they were strangely silent. el >> ding now, a public-health emergency... >> people in flint being told not to drink... narrator: but once high lead lels in the water system became public in late 2015,15 ate officials had to confront the ct that the water switch was having grave consequences. >> ...levels of lead in kids blo

. >> narrator: we presend our rmerings and emory's to governor rick snyder, who declined to comment.lso declined, citing pending litigation. the official death toll from the outbreak remains 12 people. ♪ >> the lord is your keeper. the sun shall not smite you by da nor the moon by night. >> amen. >> narrator: looking further into our data, we made another discovery: of the people who were diagnosed with legionnaires' during the outbreak and initially survived, at least 20 had since died. >> jassmine d. md.ride departed this life on february the 12th,h 2019, at st. mary mercy hospal. >> narrator: in the end, jassmine mcbride couldn't adovercome the dheage that been done by the legionnaires' disease. >> what was the cause of her death were complications as a result olegionnairesdi' ase. she had heart problems, she had lung problems, she had kidney problems, and that resulted in her having a cardiac arrest.d >> if she cot up right now, she would say, "i'm not asffering anymore from legionnaires' di i'm not suffering waiting to get a transplant. thank god i'm free." jassy, you're free. r

however, former governor of michigan rick snyder has had that he did not know about the outbreak of eachre's until january of 2016 -- the outbreak of the juniors until ofuary of 2016 the outbreak -- he did not know about the outbreak until january of 2016. host: what does the disease due to someone? guest: it can cause kidney failure, lung failure, heart failure, it is a very severe type of pneumonia. that is why it is so crucial that you get treated right away. and why it is so crucial that the medical community be aware that there is an outbreak. and it is also important that the public knows, because if you have a fever nausea and you think you have a cold or flu, if you know there's a deadly outbreak of the disease in your community you might go to the emergency room a lot quicker,. in flint profound resident who got sick of doing the outbreak of legionnaires disease, and some connected her illness with that. she has since passed away. i wanted to just show the viewers of the debate from the documentary featuring jasmine macbride. [video clip] >> i have been doing breathing treatment