Mystery E. coli outbreak expands, 96 people sickened in 5 states, CDC says

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

More people are sick from a multistate outbreak of E. coli from an unknown source, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday. The total number of people infected is now 96. That's 24 more than the agency initially reported on Friday.

Symptoms of E. coli, which usually begin about three or four days after consuming the bacteria, can include watery or bloody diarrhea, fever, abdominal cramps, nausea and vomiting.

Eleven people involved in the mysterious outbreak have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported. People started becoming ill March 2. The people with the most recently reported illnesses began experiencing symptoms on March 26. The patients range in age from 1 to 81 years old. Additional illnesses tied to this outbreak may still be reported, the CDC said.

The states reporting cases of E. coli illness linked to this outbreak are Georgia (17 patients), Kentucky (46), Ohio (5), Tennessee (26) and Virginia (2).

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/mystery-e-coli-outbreak-expands-96-people-sickened-in-5-states-cdc-says/ar-BBVMzMh?li=BBnb7Kz

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Yes, more self-regulation, please.

[lpbk2713]

2. Have they stopped the pork inspections yet?

Expect more of this as time goes by.

[backtoblue]

3. It's probably moved into Arkansas

...but people got kicked off Medicaid so they can't see the doctor!

[dalton99a]

4. Fast-food restaurant chain?

Seattle-based personal injury lawyer Bill Marler, who has specialized in foodborne illness cases since 1993, theorized that the median age of the patients and the location of the cases might point to a fast-food restaurant chain.

Marler said it could even be an ingredient victims aren't thinking about when reporting what they've eaten to health investigators.

"I would bet it is some sort of garnish, additive, spice," he said.

Many of the cases are concentrated around I-75, and people became ill between March 2 and March 26, a time when many counties' school systems would have been on spring break and more people were likely to be traveling.

https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/health/2019/04/10/e-coli-outbreak-cases-recorded-across-tennessee/3423603002/