A follow-up to yesterday’s post about the breakout of Cyclospora illnesses. It seems that Taco Bell was, in fact, a primary source of infection, albeit not at all their fault.
The blame apparently is with an outfit called Taylor Farms. With such a strong, verifiable link, it shouldn’t have taken so long to figure this out.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/16/health/cyclospora-outbreak-shredded-lettuce
More than 400 cases in four states (Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky) seem to be linked to a common source, which has not yet been identified, according to the C.D.C.
Can we stop trying to evaluate and explain events based upon pre-Trump criteria? The CDC of the not too distant past would have certainly, by now, identified the specific source(s) of the Cyclospora contamination. Instead, they’re leaving it to Taco Bell to take action without guidance.
The CDC no longer has enough competent epidemiologists, or sufficient funding, to do its work. Because of Donald J. Trump, and no on else. RFK, Jr. wouldn’t be where he is without Trump. It’s his fault, so please stop claiming the difficulty is primarily a matter of the bacteria being “tricky.”
The timing of today’s Jumble is perfect. Except the water in Lake Mead behind Hoover Dam is in danger of falling low enough to reach the dead power pool level. Leaving it without the ability to generate electricity, so Hoover will be sucking air like the other namesake. California announced today it will do what it can to keep that from happening.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/weather-news/articles/lake-mead-dry-bone-california-205118456.html
Losing weight and maintaining some level of physical fitness is ideally done by eating less and moving more. Simple and free, but not easy.
The other methods are varying degrees of complicated and expensive, from a gym membership, to gastric bypass surgery and, most recently, GLP-1 drugs. Medicare is about to provide funding for some GLP-1 treatments.
Here is Massachusetts, Masshealth is dropping coverage of GLP-1 medications. (Masshealth is Medicaid, which isn’t the Health Connector, aka Romneycare, the predecessor to Obamacare.)
The Internet has been chatty about the possibility that Trump is the beneficiary of an FDA decision to allow “compassionate use” of the weight loss drug retatrutide.
https://people.com/why-the-internet-thinks-trump-is-on-experimental-weight-loss-drug-12005518
Trump, who is finally the billionaire he always, and falsely, claimed to be, is obviously obese. Whatever else is wrong with him, all of his medical care will be free for him and taxpayer funded.
At last a regular, but knowledgeable, customer gets his Trump phone! He even takes it apart.
Sony’s latest wired USB-C DAC/amp IEM, with mic, only $17 $16 on Prime Day. Ignore the negative Amazon reviews. These are super duper.* I didn’t even need to dig through my collection of silicone tips. The largest of the three pairs that came with the set fits perfectly.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMLMMZQT
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