Posted on 04/12/2018 6:31:54 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating an outbreak of a particularly nasty strain of E. coli that's sickened people in seven states. The illnesses from Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157:H7 has landed six people in the hospital.
So far, the CDC reports 17 people have been affected in Washington, Idaho, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Connecticut.
Health officials have not yet been able to identify the source of the outbreak.
"It can be very difficult to determine where someone got sick," officials from the New Jersey Department of Health said in a statement. "Individuals could have eaten a number of meals in a number of places before becoming ill. They could have eaten at several restaurants, at home or eaten food purchased at a supermarket. Sometimes the food source associated with illness is never determined."
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No traceback to the food source. Wonderful.
“la tourista” is now a misnomer
Place your bets! I say Mexican produce.
Lava los manos!
(Insert photo of Chipotle restaurant)
I’m betting Organic.
Seventeen people in seven states is an “outbreak?” E Coli is not that terribly uncommon. Bubonic Plague at that level might be a serious cause for concern.
Two words
Once again
Colloidal silver
Kills all viruses and bacteria
Externally and internally
I thought several food poisoning cases in NJ recently had that the people had eaten Panera as a common thread.
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