#cyclospora

#ElizabethWarren is not happy with the administration’s #Cyclospora response: “Indeed, Taco Bell provided earlier and seemingly clearer guidance to consumers than the Food and Drug Administration (#FDA), #CDC, and other federal food safety agencies,” Warren wrote. https://www.salon.com/2026/09/13/taco-bell-exposed-rfk-jr-s-food-safety-failure/

@Dexerto@flipboard.com @dexerto-Dexerto Why waste expensive eggs & toilet paper needed for #Cyclospora when you can both reclaim valuable parts from #flockcameras and reduce police-state #surveliiance #winwin

We've already seen MAGAs wearing diapers to worship Dear Leader so I guess that checks out. #Trump #cyclospora

Normally I hate it when people and stores put up #Halloween decorations too early, but I'm making an exception for the #Cyclospora skeleton. It's gonna be tough to come up with decorations that are scarier than reality in the US, but this woman has managed brilliantly.

THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠 for July 30th, 2026 by independent journalist @violetblue@mastodon.social

• US #Cyclosporiasis cases pass 18k in 45 states with multiple #Cyclospora outbreaks now on record

• #DRC & #Uganda #Ebola outbreak cases are at 3,360 and deaths at 1,487, with affected areas experiencing serious food shortages and starvation

• #Covid summer surge is creeping up in multiple countries worldwide

• Massive study review concludes #Covid19 infection increases a “wide range of autoimmune diseases"

• #AmericanLungAssociation issues warning about #LongCovid in kids

• Long Covid may affect up to 5% of healthcare workers in hospitals

• Black Americans with Long Covid are less likely to get diagnosed than any other demographic

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Michigan reports 1st 2 U.S. deaths related to diarrhea-causing parasite #DigestiveIllness #PublicHealthAlert #Cyclospora #ParasiteOutbreak #CDC https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/michigan-2-dead-cyclospora-9.7295111?cmp=rss

I was looking for #cyclospora outbreak updates, and came across a breathless piece about a public health conference where everyone was eating salads because they aren't bothered so we should all eat lettuce for capitalism and... ...after years of public health professionals,HCWs, epidemiologists, virologists, and other related science experts attending conferences in the pandemic without wearing masks, let's just say this new article did not achieve its intended affect.

⚠️ "The next foodborne illness outbreak could be much worse. "That's the concern of #FoodSafety leaders across the U.S. who are raising alarms over federal cuts they say have made it harder to detect and stop the spread of foodborne illnesses, such as the recent outbreaks of #Cyclospora, which has sickened thousands in dozens of states. And they're especially worried the next pathogen will be much more deadly." https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/publichealth/122372

@me_valentijn@m.ai6yr.org Because the #Trump admin and the #CDC don't want to admit what the core of the problem is: industrial-scale food production on factory-scale farms, all sending such a vast volume of food product into factory-scale food processing plants that quality control of any sort is impossible Farm it, ship it, package it for retail-wholesale, ship it out to the retail food industry as fast as possible Deal with repercussions only after evading discovery for as long as possible #FactoryFarmedFood #IndustrialFood #TacoBell #Diarrhea #ExplosiveDiarrhea #Cyclospora #PublicHealth cc @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org

If you've never heard of #cyclospora before, remember: "The #TrumpAdministration initiated major cuts to #PublicHealth in 2025. Pandemic-era grants to state and local health departments were cut by $11.4bn, hampering their ability to respond to outbreaks. The #CDC lost between 25-30% of staff. Within the CDC, a specialized parasitic disease team was downsized from 11 people to just three. In part, that’s because the group was partially funded by USAID, which was also decimated by cuts." Actions have consequences. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/28/cyclosporiasis-outbreak-us-food-safety

The #Trump and #RFKJr cutbacks to food safety, most visible in the #cyclospora outbreak, is changing Americans' eating habits -- and seems sure to hurt farmers. https://thehill.com/business/5992862-cyclospora-outbreak-produce-fda-survey/

Comedian Josh Johnson explains why he thinks Canadians are not 'nice', and I have to say, he's not wrong!😂 #TacoBell #lettuce #Canada #cyclospora

"The appalling truth about cyclospora is that humans are its lone source. It’s only ever been found in human feces. So if it’s in our food or water, 'it doesn’t take a rocket scientist or a microbiologist to overthink this,' said Dr. Mark Moorman, who recently retired as director of the Office of Food Safety at the US Food and Drug Administration. 'Humans are the source.'" https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/25/health/cyclospora-outbreak-investigation #PublicHealth #cyclospora #diarrhea #IDmastodon #epidemiology #FoodSafety #FDA #CDC

#IHopeJohnRoberts 's really pretty good-tasting lunch hamburger was topped with unwashed #cyclospora-tainted lettuce so that he spends several hours in the Greyhound bus's tiny lavatory instead of gazing out the big window, and therefore he continues not to realize that his secret independent trip to "Portland, Maine" has just taken him through Indianapolis and that he's now en route to Peoria.

I'm contemplating a visit to the Taco Bell in Pacifica, California — the one right on the beach with an amazing view. It’s the only Taco Bell I’ve ever eaten at, and I only eat at this one because it seems only fair to buy something if I’m going to hang out on their deck and observe the ocean and the birds. And it seems like Taco Bell has been acting pretty responsibly after being notified the lettuce it bought was a likely cause of many cyclospora cases. Three gift links: How Taco Bell responded to get rid of the problematic lettuce: https://www.wsj.com/business/hospitality/stop-the-trucks-inside-taco-bells-rush-to-contain-cyclospora-4f532230?st=qWDHi6&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink Traffic drop, not just at Taco Bell: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-20/taco-bell-traffic-sinks-after-lettuce-tied-to-parasite-outbreak?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4NDU3MjgxOCwiZXhwIjoxNzg1MTc3NjE4LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUSUhCV1FLSzNOWTgwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJBMzBCM0NBRkNCNzY0NzBCQkNERDE0RENDQ0NGRERDQyJ9.u1JxqIo1XTjk0EiA9DWXFWu0UVHcxUIWAFmFHPaZ2sc&leadSource=article-gifting New offering to tempt customers to return: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-22/taco-bell-offers-1-lettuce-free-enchirito-to-win-back-customers-post-parasite?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4NDczNzk1MSwiZXhwIjoxNzg1MzQyNzUxLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUSUtZWUpUOTZPU1kwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJBMzBCM0NBRkNCNzY0NzBCQkNERDE0RENDQ0NGRERDQyJ9.3D7jze44-GZfiFEThPCQGOaO6z76ORIBvZG6l6CN4H8&leadSource=article-gifting #Cyclospora

THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠 for July 23rd, 2026 by independent journalist @violetblue@mastodon.social

• #Cyclospora : new additional outbreak found (source as yet unknown); total cases climb past 12k in 41 states

• #Ebola : 2400 confirmed cases with 100 deaths; WHO believes true numbers are 4x higher; 80% of new cases are outside known transmission chains

• #H5N1 : livestock cases fall in Idaho but rise in Utah and Texas; more wildlife cases found in Australia

• #Measles : cases-per-year hit 35-year high... in July

• #Covid : US summer surge continues to rise; new Canadian study on nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infections

• #LongCovid : a new #JuliaDoubleday piece; 450k Netherlands residents have LC; care webs in the face of gov't abandonment

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"USAID helped fund key divisions of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), such as the Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria. Much of that division was focused on the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), a program to combat malaria abroad, as well as other programs to fight neglected tropical diseases." https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5984356-usaid-cuts-cyclospora-response/ #PublicHealth #diarrhea #cyclospora #epidemiology #HHS #FDA #CDC #DOGE #USpol

Former top US food safety official says US mismanagement of cyclospora is approaching ‘a catastrophic level’ | Trump administration | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/25/former-trump-administration-food-safety-official-federal-response-cyclospora #cyclospora #USA

"Experts have long said the U.S. is underprepared to rein in foodborne outbreaks. But after the Trump administration slashed key officials — from federal employees who investigate the source of illnesses to those who share information with the public — Kennedy appears to face an even more daunting task to contain the parasite and build trust in the administration’s response." https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/23/cyclospora-outbreak-tests-rfk-jr-response-funding-cuts.html #PublicHealth #diarrhea #cyclospora #epidemiology #HHS #FDA #CDC #DOGE #USpol