c/FuckTheUSA · by susi7802@sopuli.xyz · 38d

'Explosive diarrhoea' ripples through small midwestern community

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8dn92m0mqjo

Our US American friends are really to be pitied, hehehe. This explosive diarrhea is no joke, you get 2 minutes prior warning, and out it comes, hehehe, I’m sure Trumps “health” minister Robert Kennedy Jr is on top of the affair / holding the bucket, hehehe.

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BreakerSwitch@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 38d (1 reply)

It gets worse. The FDA identified where the cyclospora was coming from, then said "actually never mind, they're perfect" after realizing the company had donated $3mil to conservatives

frankthetankPA@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 38d

https://fox40.com/news/cyclosporiasis-outbreak/taylor-farms-political-donations-cyclosporiasis-outbreak/

According to campaign contribution records from the Federal Election Commission, Taylor Farms has donated more than $3.8 million to conservative-aligned groups this decade.

aramis87@fedia.io · 37 pts · 38d (1 reply)

For [Monroe County [Michigan] resident Brian] Clare, a grain and beef farmer, coping with the illness has required bringing rolls of toilet paper with him atop his tractor. And if the moment calls, "pop a squat in the middle of the field".

So he's just admitted that he's furthering the spread of this disease? Can anyone sanction this fucking idiot?

lemmyng@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 38d

I went from 😂 to 😰 real quick

treadful@lemmy.zip · 29 pts · 38d (2 replies)

"I've not got time to go to no freaking doctor," he said. "Most farmers try to self-medicate anyway. We don't have the best insurance in the world."

sigh

lemmyng@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 38d

Turns slowly to face the camera, grimacing

frankthetankPA@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 38d

🤣

Jhex@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 38d (4 replies)

No better way to exemplify the trump regime...

ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com · 20 pts · 38d (1 reply)

I didn't expect it to be so literal

frankthetankPA@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 38d

But genocide no matter what.

Zachariah@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 38d

donalrrhea

Ariselas@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 38d

Shitler

Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 38d

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fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com · 6 pts · 38d

I love that for them

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 38d (1 reply)

I ordered a burger yesterday, It comes with lettuce. I ordered it with no lettuce.

frankthetankPA@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 38d

it gets everywhere.... the bins the hands. I would just stop eating fast food for many reasons. Just sayin

SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 38d (4 replies)

Why is no one mentioning that cyclospora has no vector, it's human fecal oral. So who is shitting on the lettuce?

The_v@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 38d

It's a wee bit complicated:

The pathogen is persistent. The oocyst (transmission form) can survive in soil for a very long time (months or even years).

It's also very small and can be carried by wind or water etc.

Standard washing and disinfecting of food has no effect on the oocyst. The the oocyst are strongly protected and remain dormant until inside a host.

The host range for the pathogen is unknown. It is found very rarely in animals so adequate screening is very difficult.

Genetically it undergoes sexual reproduction. This means that the population is naturally heterozygous and constantly changing. Unlike bacterial or viral infections you can not isolate a strain and link infections. This makes determining a source extremely complicated.

Most cases of infection are theorized to be mild.

ohulancutash@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 38d

You don’t live near a farm do you?

phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 37d

Apparently the guy harvesting them while having screaming diarrhea

BCsven@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 38d

Pickers shitting in field or not washing hands after portapotty, or maybe the human manure they started using in places is not properly treated

frankthetankPA@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 38d (1 reply)