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Hundreds of recruits get sick at Marine boot camp
sandiego union tribune ^ | 10/31/2017 | Carl Prine

Posted on 11/01/2017 4:09:07 PM PDT by BenLurkin

More than 300 recruits at the Marines’ boot camp in San Diego are suffering from diarrheal symptoms from an bacterial outbreak, officials disclosed on Tuesday.

With most of the cases linked to Shiga toxin-producing E.coli bacteria physicians are treating 302 patients out of the more than 5,500 candidates undergoing training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot.

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The bacteria was identified in recruits at both the depot and at Edson Range at Camp Pendleton beginning on Wednesday but the number of cases spiked on Monday, officials said.

Ten recruits were transported to an undisclosed hospital off the base for additional care.

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Family members will be notified if the illnesses delays a recruit’s graduation date and no drill instructors or other base staffers appear to have contracted the malady, he added.

While investigators continue searching for the source of the contagion, commanders have quarantined sick recruits from those who have yet to display symptoms, mandated increased hand washing and ensured proper sanitation in all training areas, officials said.

(Excerpt) Read more at sandiegouniontribune.com ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: food; poisoning
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1 posted on 11/01/2017 4:09:07 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

check the food


2 posted on 11/01/2017 4:10:31 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (..There is no difference between liberals/rinos/moslems/illegals/lamestream ..)
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To: BenLurkin

Good sanitation procedures in that galley !


3 posted on 11/01/2017 4:10:35 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: BenLurkin

did obama visit the troops?


4 posted on 11/01/2017 4:11:06 PM PDT by beergarden
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To: BenLurkin

homeless are dying in SD from Hep. They crap on the street. Don’t know if connected.

150 have died


5 posted on 11/01/2017 4:11:22 PM PDT by morphing libertarian (A proud member of the Ruthie Bader Afternoon Nap Club)
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To: BenLurkin

Uncle Achmeds creamed chipped beef on toast.


6 posted on 11/01/2017 4:12:28 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: BenLurkin

Close quarters and bacteria are not a good mix. Combine that with stress and physical activity (plus being scared to death to shit yourself...)

None of these things are a good mix.

Hang in there recruits.


7 posted on 11/01/2017 4:14:07 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Burn. It. Down.)
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To: Vaquero

My vet dad used to call it “$hit on a shingle”. And, yes.....we had it growing up.


8 posted on 11/01/2017 4:15:45 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Screw The NFL!!!!!! My family fought for the flag!)
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To: Vermont Lt

You forgot to mention all the jihadis doing whatever they can to spread terrorism by dumping infectious material into food supplies.


9 posted on 11/01/2017 4:21:52 PM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: Vaquero

Shiite on a shingle?


10 posted on 11/01/2017 4:22:07 PM PDT by digger48
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To: Vermont Lt

None of these things are a good mix

No there called boot camp and millions have endured.
This is a food contamination/sanitation thing


11 posted on 11/01/2017 4:22:21 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: digger48

CHIPPED beef SOS is okay

GROUND beef SOS is better

GROUND sausage SOS is the MOAB!


12 posted on 11/01/2017 4:25:20 PM PDT by Clutch Martin (Hot sauce aside, every culture has its pancakes, just as every culture has its noodle.)
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To: no-to-illegals

The year before I went to college there was a similar outbreak in the men’s dorms caused by contaminated Turkey Tetrazini. Waste baskets were being filled by the afflicted who couldn’t get to the mobbed toilets in time and toilet paper was allegedly selling for $.50 per square.


13 posted on 11/01/2017 4:29:33 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Sounds kinda like what I experienced at a my third
day in VN.Food poisoning at the repel depel in Quang Tri.

Imagine it was 75 of us lined up all afternoon at the latrines.

The next day saw my first short round.Great times/s

I loved that SOS chipped beef meal.


14 posted on 11/01/2017 4:29:48 PM PDT by Harold Shea (VN vet)
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To: libstripper

You lived, that’s good ...


15 posted on 11/01/2017 4:36:44 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (..There is no difference between liberals/rinos/moslems/illegals/lamestream ..)
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To: morphing libertarian

Not just in San Diego, the city, but further north in San Diego county as well; in places like Carlsbad, Oceanside, San Clemente. They all homeless issues, including the crapping everywhere.


16 posted on 11/01/2017 4:40:18 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: no-to-illegals
There is a common vector, here. MCRD San Diego and Edson Range at MCB Camp Pendleton are about 60 miles apart. It was common procedure that a training company, 4 platoons, after having finished two weeks of rifle qualification, would spend a week on mess duty, at the range, before returning to MCRD for 3rd Phase.

based on the limited data, I'd blood test the 4 platoons and find out who was a carrier...

17 posted on 11/01/2017 4:55:23 PM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

One of my favorites and I never understood why it was called that


18 posted on 11/01/2017 4:57:58 PM PDT by bethelgrad
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To: no-to-illegals
check the food

check the vaccinations

19 posted on 11/01/2017 5:08:52 PM PDT by MurrietaMadman (Drain swamp drain.)
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To: BenLurkin

They shut down the commissary at 29 trees a few weeks ago. Rodents.


20 posted on 11/01/2017 5:12:26 PM PDT by petitfour (APPEAL TO HEAVEN)
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