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Interesting Timing: CDC Reports E. coli Outbreak Linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders, Shares Fall As Result
The Gateway Pundit ^ | October 22, 2024 | Anthony Scott

Posted on 10/22/2024 3:21:39 PM PDT by mbrfl

McDonald’s shares dropped in after-hours trading on Tuesday after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported an E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders, which led to one death and ten hospitalizations.

The CDC reported 49 cases of E. coli contamination in 10 states, with the majority of those cases in Colorado and Nebraska.

According to the CDC, most people who were sick from the contamination reported eating a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder.

As a precautionary measure, McDonald’s in several states has stopped serving quarter-pound beef patties and fresh onions until the source of the illnesses is confirmed.

Investigators are still working to confirm which ingredient in the Quarter Pounder has led to the outbreak.

After the CDC’s report, McDonald’s shares dropped 9% in after-hours trading.

BREAKING – McDonald’s shares fall after CDC says E. coli outbreak linked to Quarter Pounders – CNBC

— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) October 22, 2024

Per CNBC:

McDonald’s shares dropped in extended trading Tuesday after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said an E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder burgers has led to 10 hospitalizations and one death.

The agency said 49 cases have been reported so far in 10 states, with most of the illnesses in Colorado and Nebraska. “Most” sick people reported eating a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder, the CDC added.

Investigators are working to determine which ingredient may be contaminated, and McDonald’s has withdrawn ingredients for the burgers, the CDC said. Quarter Pounder hamburgers will be temporarily unavailable in some states, but the CDC did not clarify which ones.

McDonald’s shares dropped about 9% in after-hours trading Tuesday.

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Hmmmm..
1 posted on 10/22/2024 3:21:39 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: mbrfl

Here’s a link to the CDC alert:

https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/outbreaks/e-coli-O157.html


2 posted on 10/22/2024 3:23:04 PM PDT by mbrfl
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The latest WEAPONIZED “government agency”. This bass turds are really worried about their receiving a government check for the holidays. I hope Trump fires every one of the RATS in on this retribution.


3 posted on 10/22/2024 3:24:34 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (I've come to the conclusion that the world is made up of millions of Three Stooges comedians.)
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To: mbrfl

What’s interesting is that the investigation start date is listed as October 22, i.e. today. Rather suspicious.


4 posted on 10/22/2024 3:24:47 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: mbrfl

This kind of stuff happens - two days after Trump’s McDonald’s appearance - and we are demonized for asking questions about it.


5 posted on 10/22/2024 3:27:29 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: mbrfl

Do they use different patties for the Big Mac?


6 posted on 10/22/2024 3:28:52 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: mbrfl

Indeed.


7 posted on 10/22/2024 3:29:53 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: mbrfl

Well, whoda thunk?


8 posted on 10/22/2024 3:38:34 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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People get E. coli all the time.

How do they know this illness came from a McDonald’s burger? Correlation does not imply causation...


9 posted on 10/22/2024 3:40:39 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: mbrfl
Incoming headline from weird-stream media: “Trump attempts to murder McDonald’s patrons with tainted food”

Claimed, without evidence™, naturally.

10 posted on 10/22/2024 3:41:21 PM PDT by cross_bearer_02
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To: mbrfl

How convenient.
CDC.
Election interference.


11 posted on 10/22/2024 3:41:41 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (I'm voting for the felon with the pierced ear. )
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To: Steve_Seattle

This kind of stuff happens - two days after Trump’s McDonald’s appearance - and we are demonized for asking questions about it.


And in foreign news, the Cuban government has announced a crackdown on people demonstrating about the fact that power has been out for days.


12 posted on 10/22/2024 3:42:34 PM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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That tells me all I need to know about the lying lefty media.


13 posted on 10/22/2024 3:43:21 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: mbrfl

Made me decide to have a quarter pounder for dinner.

Eff the Deep State.


14 posted on 10/22/2024 3:44:46 PM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Prepare to survive.)
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>>”Do they use different patties for the Big Mac?”

I think so.


15 posted on 10/22/2024 3:46:09 PM PDT by mbrfl
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One thing for sure if it’s from undercooked beef, and from a franchisee, they could very well lose their franchise, that was the threat decades ago after Jack In the Box killed multiple people with undercooked beef and the standard was was changed to cooking the patties to the consistency and flavor of a hockey puck.

What I don’t get is the multiple locations, even if the supplier to McDonald’s in those states really screwed the pooch and shipped batches of infected meat, the cooking standards should have taken care of it. And since McDonald’s doesn’t use raw or even thawed beef I would lean towards the onions, pickles or sanitation practices, especially handwashing…which once again if egregious enough could cost a franchisee his operation.

I am very inter In how this plays out, what the investigation turns up in the way of actual proof of contamination versus anecdotal or even false reports. It seems like awful convenient timing.


16 posted on 10/22/2024 3:46:32 PM PDT by Mastador1
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe

OMG what bastards these people are, this government is completely out of control, we can NO LONGER go on like this!!


17 posted on 10/22/2024 3:47:31 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: mbrfl

I would be suspicious of the McRib sandwich. What the heck are those made from?


18 posted on 10/22/2024 3:48:59 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: mbrfl

Yeah, sure…..


19 posted on 10/22/2024 3:49:02 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus”)
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You would think that we’d have heard of this back in September since McDonalds is a world wide co. When a load of E. coli lettuce with far less distribution provokes an instantaneous hair on fire report it’s down right odd that we hear of this so late.


20 posted on 10/22/2024 3:49:18 PM PDT by TalBlack (Fight Fight Fight America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOJdMog6T0)
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