Re: Foodborne Illness rising in USA - Protection dismantled.

On 8/9/26 11:29 AM, Wilson wrote:
> On 8/9/2026 2:03 PM, dart200 wrote:
>> On 8/9/26 6:07 AM, Wilson wrote:
>>> On 8/8/2026 5:26 PM, Dude wrote:
>>>> On 8/7/2026 12:57 PM, Wilson wrote:
>>>>> On 8/7/2026 1:21 PM, Dude wrote:
>>>>>> On 8/7/2026 7:27 AM, Tara wrote:
>>>>>>>   RFK Jr. promised to make America healthy again. Instead, he’s 
>>>>>>> given America
>>>>>>> explosive diarrhea
>>>>>>> Aug. 7, 2026
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   EPA promised a Make America Healthy Again agenda. It has yet to 
>>>>>>> materialize,
>>>>>>> frustrating activists
>>>>>>> FoodNet is one of those programs you never hear about until 
>>>>>>> something goes
>>>>>>> terribly wrong.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Things in the United States have, in more ways than one, gone 
>>>>>>> terribly wrong.
>>>>>>> This time, it’s an outbreak of Cyclospora, a parasite that causes 
>>>>>>> bouts of
>>>>>>> explosive diarrhea — the kind of parasite FoodNet was set up to 
>>>>>>> surveil and
>>>>>>> prevent.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But the program has been a victim of U.S. President Donald 
>>>>>>> Trump’s war on
>>>>>>> health. And now America is suffering under a massive outbreak of
>>>>>>> cyclosporiasis.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This catastrophe provides yet another good reason to boycott 
>>>>>>> American goods.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> FoodNet, a backronym for the Foodborne Diseases Active 
>>>>>>> Surveillance Network,
>>>>>>> was launched by the U.S. government in 1995. It was founded as a 
>>>>>>> “sentinel
>>>>>>> surveillance” program, monitoring local hospitals and clinics for 
>>>>>>> early
>>>>>>> evidence of outbreaks of eight notorious bacteria and parasites, 
>>>>>>> including
>>>>>>> Cyclospora.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The program has been played an unsung part in keeping the 
>>>>>>> American food system
>>>>>>> safe. FoodNet was credited with helping the U.S. respond rapidly 
>>>>>>> to a massive
>>>>>>> listeria outbreak in 2011. Within days of people falling ill, the 
>>>>>>> Centers for
>>>>>>> Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had identified the source — 
>>>>>>> cantaloupe
>>>>>>> from a Colorado farm — and ordered a recall. While the outbreak 
>>>>>>> proved the
>>>>>>> deadliest in American history, it was contained in about two weeks.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> FoodNet, government scientists say, is a “critical” piece of the 
>>>>>>> system that
>>>>>>> responds to such outbreaks.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The threat of foodborne illness is rising: the U.S. was already 
>>>>>>> seeing about
>>>>>>> 1,000 cases of cyclosporiasis per year, requiring constant 
>>>>>>> efforts to track
>>>>>>> down and contain the source. Public-health officials have 
>>>>>>> recommended
>>>>>>> expanding FoodNet to meet that threat.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Then came Trump and his paranoid quack of a health secretary, 
>>>>>>> Robert F.
>>>>>>> Kennedy Jr. Last year, the CDC announced FoodNet would no longer 
>>>>>>> actively
>>>>>>> surveil cyclosporiasis and five other illnesses, citing budget cuts.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Then, in May, hundreds of cyclosporiasis cases began popping up 
>>>>>>> across the
>>>>>>> U.S. Kennedy took a break from his endless rotation of podcast 
>>>>>>> appearances to
>>>>>>> declare the outbreak “under control.” He said it had been traced 
>>>>>>> back to a
>>>>>>> Mexican lettuce producer and insisted his cuts hadn’t harmed the 
>>>>>>> government’s
>>>>>>> ability to respond. FoodNet, he said, was “redundant surveillance.”
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But the outbreak wasn’t under control. As of early August, there 
>>>>>>> have been
>>>>>>> more than 20,000 suspected and confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis, 
>>>>>>> and two
>>>>>>> deaths. The test that had identified the alleged source of the 
>>>>>>> outbreak had
>>>>>>> produced a false positive, officials say. It’s possible that this 
>>>>>>> current
>>>>>>> outbreak — now in its third month, and likely to get worse — is, 
>>>>>>> in fact,
>>>>>>> multiple outbreaks from multiple sources of contaminated 
>>>>>>> produce.FoodNet could
>>>>>>> not have prevented the spread of Cyclospora on its own, but it 
>>>>>>> could have
>>>>>>> helped the government respond. That it was downsized is another 
>>>>>>> illustration
>>>>>>> of how a once-great system has been attacked and dismantled by 
>>>>>>> Kennedy, a
>>>>>>> conspiracy theorist who believes doctors and scientists are 
>>>>>>> frauds and
>>>>>>> criminals.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thousands of government employees responsible for food safety 
>>>>>>> have been laid
>>>>>>> off or fired over the past year. Staff at the U.S. Department of 
>>>>>>> Agriculture
>>>>>>> Food Safety and Inspection Service, for example, was cut by 20 
>>>>>>> per cent.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Other cuts have hobbled official response to the screwworm 
>>>>>>> parasite, which
>>>>>>> attacks cattle. Surveillance for bird flu, too, has been axed, 
>>>>>>> while Kennedy
>>>>>>> has brought funding for global public-health programs, 
>>>>>>> particularly in
>>>>>>> countries that can’t afford to fund their own, to an abrupt halt, 
>>>>>>> making it
>>>>>>> more likely the next global pandemic will come sooner and be 
>>>>>>> deadlier.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> America’s anti-establishment mania has allowed grifters like 
>>>>>>> Kennedy to not
>>>>>>> only lay waste to what was once humanity’s most impressive 
>>>>>>> public- health
>>>>>>> system but also export the consequences of those decisions to the 
>>>>>>> rest of us.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The U.S. sends billions of dollars in agricultural goods to 
>>>>>>> Canada, to say
>>>>>>> nothing of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, cars and a host of other 
>>>>>>> things. Just a
>>>>>>> few years ago, we could pick up American produce and feel 
>>>>>>> confident it was
>>>>>>> perfectly safe. Today? Not so much.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Leaving American goods on the shelves is a solid way to protest 
>>>>>>> Trump’s trade
>>>>>>> war and threats of annexation. Increasingly, it is also a wise 
>>>>>>> bit of
>>>>>>> self-preservation.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> You don't say!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> More advanced technology equips researchers to detect more 
>>>>>> outbreaks than before.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Apparently the germs were on lettuce grown down in Mexico. YMMV.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/ 
>>>>> investigation-15- state-outbreak-cyclospora-illnesses-iceberg- 
>>>>> lettuce-july-2026
>>>>>
>>>>> August 5, 2026
>>>>>
>>>>> The FDA and CDC, in collaboration with state and local partners, 
>>>>> are investigating a multistate outbreak of Cyclospora infections 
>>>>> linked to iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico and recalled 
>>>>> by Taylor Farms de Mexico.
>>>>>
>>>>> Since the last update on July 24, 2026, state and local health 
>>>>> officials have continued to interview additional cases of 
>>>>> cyclosporiasis and CDC has added them to this multistate outbreak. 
>>>>> Due to the additional interview data, the outbreak now includes 
>>>>> people who reported exposure to Taco Bell or recalled Taylor Farms 
>>>>> de Mexico iceberg lettuce. Many of these illnesses began before the 
>>>>> Taylor Farms de Mexico iceberg lettuce recall on July 17, 2026. The 
>>>>> total case count associated with this multistate outbreak is now 
>>>>> 6,358 illnesses reported from 15 states.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.cdc.gov/cyclosporiasis/hcp/clinical-overview/index.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Cyclosporiasis contamination occurs through a fecal-environment- 
>>>>> oral route involving the parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis. It is 
>>>>> not directly person-to-person.
>>>>>
>>>>> Infected humans shed unsporulated (immature) oocysts in their 
>>>>> feces. These oocysts are not immediately infectious. They must 
>>>>> mature (sporulate) in the external environment, which typically 
>>>>> requires 1– 2 weeks (or 7–15 days under favorable conditions of 
>>>>> roughly 22– 32°C / 73– 77°F and suitable humidity). Once 
>>>>> sporulated, the oocysts become infectious.
>>>>>
>>>>> When someone ingests food or water containing these mature oocysts, 
>>>>> the parasite invades the small intestine lining and causes illness. 
>>>>> Humans are the only known significant host for C. cayetanensis (no 
>>>>> established animal reservoir).
>>>>>
>>>>> The oocysts reach fresh produce (especially leafy greens like 
>>>>> iceberg lettuce, herbs such as cilantro/basil, berries, etc.) 
>>>>> primarily via contaminated agricultural water (most commonly 
>>>>> implicated for large outbreaks).
>>>>>
>>>>> This includes irrigation, spraying, washing, or cooling water 
>>>>> polluted by human sewage. Sources of fecal input can include 
>>>>> leaking septic systems, overflowing sewers (especially after heavy 
>>>>> rain), improper disposal of portable toilet waste, or other 
>>>>> sanitation failures that allow human feces into canals, rivers, or 
>>>>> groundwater used on farms.
>>>>>
>>>>> Infected farmworkers (symptomatic or asymptomatic) can contaminate 
>>>>> produce, soil, equipment, or water through inadequate handwashing, 
>>>>> open defecation near fields, or improper waste handling. Direct 
>>>>> hand contact during harvest or packing can deposit oocysts, which 
>>>>> then sporulate on the produce surface.
>>>>>
>>>>> Standard chlorine-based sanitizers and routine produce washing are 
>>>>> not reliably effective against Cyclospora oocysts (they are 
>>>>> relatively resistant). Cooking to at least 70°C (158°F) kills them.
>>>>>
>>>>> Because sporulation requires time in the environment, the 
>>>>> contamination event must precede harvest/consumption by days to weeks.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/cyclosporiasis/index.html
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.fda.gov/food/foodborne-pathogens/cyclosporiasis-and- 
>>>>> fresh- produce
>>>>>
>>>> Thanks for posting this information. Personally, I'm in favor of the 
>>>> open defecation near fields theory of contamination. YMMV.
>>>>
>>>> Not ruling out potash contamination, but at any rate, our food is 
>>>> killing us!
>>>>
>>>> It's enough to make you think about going to a Farmer's Market and 
>>>> getting some organic foods and cooking from scratch.
>>>>
>>>> Baring that, get some lean meat and grill the hell out of it! YMMV.
>>>
>>> I agree the crapping in the fields theory is likely correct, but 
>>> hadn't even considered the potash angle. Those evil canadians are 
>>> always up to something.
>>
>> none of you retards have the physical reasoning powers to be making 
>> anything more than complete stabs in the dark here with ur ideas
> 
> An inability to perceive parody is the hallmark of the midwit.
> 

one should be far more concerned with the inability to perceive basic 
truths about reality, than the supposed "parody" put on display by 
subethical halfwits supporting a massive system of nation-state imposed 
oppression

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