Blame MAGA For Kansas City Explosive Diarrhea?!?

Forgive our pun . . . But we wanted to share this local write-up that drops the backstory which offers a more subtle blame of the White House that national media worked out over the weekend . . . 

Check-it: 

"As cyclospora cases climb across Missouri and Kansas, public health investigators are working backward through a supply chain that can stretch thousands of miles and cross international borders before fresh produce ever reaches our table. 

"Every confirmed case of cyclospora, which is famously afflicting patients with “explosive diarrhea,” triggers an interview that can last up to an hour as public health investigators and epidemiologists ask patients to recall meals from days, or even weeks, earlier. 

"The summer months typically bring a small uptick in cyclospora, which is considered a parasitic infection that spreads through food or the use of contaminated water. But the scope seen across the country this year stands out as the country’s largest outbreak in recent history, sending local, state and federal investigators searching for a common source."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Vast produce supply chain complicates tracking cyclospora in Kansas and Missouri

As cyclospora cases climb in Missouri and Kansas, public health investigators are tracing illnesses through a vast produce supply chain, while some advocates argue regional food systems could make outbreaks easier to contain.