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Trumpโs deep public health cuts hinder response to record US cyclosporiasis outbreak
(www.theguardian.com)
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this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2026
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Hell yeah! If you're not shitting yourself to literal death, you're basically committing treason.
That was his covid stance as well. "Stop reporting/recording covid deaths".
I mean, it was Taco Bell that figured out that their lettuce was involved and immediately recalled it from their stores and warehouses and notified their supply chain, and so far that's been the only known source. But they're sure there's another way where it's getting to people because a number of people who are affected didn't eat at Taco Bell.
But my guess is that it's mostly Taylor Farms produce (they've been involved in other outbreaks), that the supply chain will dump Taylor Farms produce (shame because the Iran war increased the price of fertilizer, so this means even more prices increases), and everyone will just forget that the CDC never did their job on this one and just blame Taco Bell. Which is partially fair, but also (like so much these days) focuses exclusively on one easy-to-point-at point while ignoring everything else involved.
Have the day you voted for!
Donald is patient zero. The same mutation that allowed it to jump species also changed the verbal diahrrea to rectal.
I was at the local grocery store last night. Sunday night just before closing and produce was stocked to the gills. Berries and greens were especially untouched, but everything else was at least 80โ full as well.
It was very odd to be there on a Sunday night with it looking like it does on a typical Saturday morning. A tight department with smart buyers should look basically ransacked by then, with a lot of out-of-stocks if the store had decent traffic over the weekend.
Point is, since we're lacking all but the most generic info, most people are just playing it safe by avoiding fresh produce altogether, and the state of things right now is about to produce some severe knock-on effects for fresh foods.
Grocery store dumpsters will be full in a few days. Next it will be the produce warehouses, and that shockwave will ripple all the way back to the producers/farms within weeks. Not just the waste, but orders in general will slow and the industry will suffer overall shrinkage. Even if the outbreak ends tomorrow, an overall lack of trust will linger for quite some time, fresh foods may become more expensive for a while, and the supply chain will be destabilized.
"Fentanyl cures cyclosporiasis" - JFK JR.