The article criticizes the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for its failure to inform the public about dangerous E. coli outbreaks linked to romaine lettuce. Despite investigations that connected the strain to a specific farm, federal agencies opted not to release public alerts or identify the source. Key historical incidents underscore the severity of E. coli infections and the expected protocols for public safety which were not followed in this case. The article highlights a growing concern over government transparency and accountability in health-related communications.
Federal health agencies investigated the cases and linked them to a farm that grew romaine lettuce. But most people have never heard about this outbreak.
E. coli is a bacteriological bomb. In the years 1992 and 1993, an outbreak killed four people and infected more than 500 more.
This administration, of course, doesn't give a damn. The investigation into the illnesses began near the end of the Biden administration but wasn't completed until Feb. 11.
A Feb. 11 internal Food and Drug Administration memo linked the outbreak to a single lettuce processor and ranch but no public announcements were made afterwards.
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