Could the possible meteor strike in Peru actually be making the people who visit the site ill?

Wouldn't the heat of entry through our atmosphere pretty well sterelize it of any virus or bacteria?Could the possible meteor strike in Peru actually be making the people who visit the site ill?
No.





There remain doubts that this 'lake' was even formed by a meteorite impact. People may or may not have seen a streak in the sky but the truth is that 'lakes' such as this are quite common in the area. What is even more common is the putrid fumes that come from them.





There is nothing unique or mysterious about meteorites striking the Earth. It happens every day. Because most fall in remote areas or in oceans, only about ten are recovered each year. NONE of these have ever carried any hint of some mysterious space disease. ';I don't know of any known record of a meteorite landing that emitted odors so noxious that people got sick from it,'; said geologist Larry Grossman of the University of Chicago.





Unlike the immediate hype surrounding the first reports which stated hundreds had become ill, we find the number is now at 30.





Since very few actual fragments have been found, the report now is that local villagers have taken most of the meteorite fragments!





The story seems to be more and more fabricated as scientific study is being conducted at the site.





I guess when you live in a small town in Peru, this is the biggest thing to get you on the front news page so you might as well milk the most of it while you can. I will remain skeptical of a meteorite impact until such is actually proven.





Meanwhile, it appears to be a good way to get some tourist income for the town.Could the possible meteor strike in Peru actually be making the people who visit the site ill?
I'm sorry, I got so carried away with my views on the Peru event that I lost track of answering the question properly... It is true that bacteria and amino acids can survive inside of a meteorite or comet that impacts Earth, Report Abuse

This is a common theme in the theory of Panspermia.





Environments exist within meteorites or comets that are somewhat shielded from the hazards of radiation, cosmic rays, and stellar winds. Report Abuse

Most of the heat generated when a meteor enters the Earth's atmosphere is carried away by ablation and the interiors of freshly landed meteorites are rarely heated much and are often cold. This still in no way implies illness to humans. Report Abuse

the meteorite (meteors are only in the sky) punched a hole down into a water table that was contaminated with arsenic. this arsenic was then expelled from the hole with the water as steam and when people breathed it in they got sick. a few days later everyone was fine.





bacteria or viruses... viri? could have survived inside of the rock remember the entire rock was sitting out in space for billions of years then it flew through the atmosphere for less than a second so most of it would still be quite cold inside, only the outside would get warm.





so in theory a meteorite could bring a virus or bacteria to earth.. but odds are that this one didn't.
It wasn't a meteor; it was a geyser.
Probably not.


The recent meteor strike in Peru caused worldwide attention when it impacted Earth, and many people in the immediate vicinity fell ill.


Most likely what occured at the impact site was that there were already pathogens present underground, and the meteor impact just exposed those pathogens to the atmosphere, resulting in many cases of nausea, vomiting, etc...
Doesn't that depend if the meteor was hollow or not? I know they usually are solid but what if...