Just to clarify, because everyone now seems VERY confused:
Taylor Farms de Mexico has still been implicated in this cyclospora outbreak. The recall of shredded iceberg lettuce from last week still stands.
The false positive test was on lettuce coming over the border from Mexico that was NOT part of the recall. If that positive had been accurate, it would have meant *more* lettuce needed to be recalled.
In foodborne illness outbreaks *we often do not ever get positive tests to tie product to illness* especially for highly perishable products like lettuce. It's common to rely on other epidemiological evidence, as FDA and CDC are doing here.
Prediction: This is a public health communications nightmare that will be studied for a long time.
Unpopular opinion: The fact that they can quickly install data centers nationally means they could've been updating infrastructure which they claimed was too difficult and expensive.
You’re allowed to complain about the air quality because it is a health hazard. What you’re not allowed to do is blame Canada as if this is a targeted attack. Everyone should be blaming politicians from both countries who refuse to fund environmental and climate scientists
You have to be a special kind of stupid to believe Democrats were capable of stealing the 2020 election while out of power, but somehow incapable of doing the same in 2024 while in power. That is a categorically, phenomenally dumb thing to believe.
The CDC is saying the Cyclospora outbreak is from Taylor Farms
Then they keep bringing up Taco Bell
Not that I need to defend Taco Bell for colon blow food. But Taylor Farms sells to McDonalds, Chipotle, Walmart, Safeway, Kroger and a shit ton of places
So I don’t understand while Taco Bell, who pulled lettuce from their restaurants right away because they were trying to be responsible, is being made out to be the bad guy
Before the president gets on television tonight to peddle lies and conspiracy theories, here is what you need to know:
The 2020 election was not stolen. We won, and he lost.
you have no healthcare, can't buy a house, rent is almost unaffordable, food is skyrocketing, no paid leave, no childcare. but your tax dollars will fund a foreign country with healthcare, paid leave, childcare + funding the entire lives unemployed settlers & the orthodox.
parasites in our vegetables, data centers poisoning the water, flock cameras being built on every block, ICE agents killing people left and right… fuck donald trump and anyone who voted for him
So Taco Bell takes precautions by pulling fresh produce, and somehow they end up under investigation before the source of the outbreak is even identified. Make that make sense. It feels like doing the responsible thing just made them an easy target.
Today the President of the United States officially paid a woman $5 million for sexually assaulting her. What an absolute disgrace this Nation has become under this administration.