Budget Cuts, Apathy Lead To Trump Administration Being Slow Acknowledging Two Cyclosporiasis Deaths
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A couple of weeks ago we discussed how the cuts made to HHS and specifically the CDC’s FoodNet tracking platform were making it much harder to track and back trace the source of the country’s current cyclosporiasis outbreak. You’ll have heard about this outbreak in the news by now. It’s the one where you begin […]
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The CDC faced reduced capacity for lab work and field investigation due to cuts in public health infrastructure. These reductions affected both federal surveillance and state level surge capacity.
- • A cyclosporiasis outbreak caused over 7,000 cases and two deaths.
- • Budget and staffing cuts to the CDC and FoodNet slowed the federal response.
- • Investigations eventually linked the parasite to shredded iceberg lettuce at Taco Bell.
The CDC faced reduced capacity for lab work and field investigation due to cuts in public health infrastructure. These reductions affected both federal surveillance and state level surge capacity.
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