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turbinetree

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Sat Jul 11, 2026, 08:25 PM Saturday

Trump's CDC Stopped Monitoring A Parasite. Guess What's Spreading Now. [View all]

You put a guy who thinks raw milk is a health food in charge of disease tracking, and a disease started spreading untracked. Shocking.

By Conover Kennard — July 11, 2026
A nationwide outbreak of explosive diarrhea is currently underway, and it's tied to a parasite the CDC quietly dropped from federal surveillance back in July 2025. That timing lines up almost exactly with the Trump administration's broader gutting of health and science agencies under the "government efficiency" banner, HuffPost reports.

A parasite called Cyclospora has sickened over 1,000 people across 29 states, with Michigan getting hit the worst of all. The CDC would probably have caught this sooner — if it hadn't stopped watching for it.

The agency's FoodNet program used to track eight foodborne pathogens, until that surveillance simply stopped. Cyclospora, Campylobacter, Listeria, Shigella, Vibrio, and Yersinia were tracked. But in July 2025, right around the time the Trump administration started gutting federal health agencies and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushed out scientists and researchers, that surveillance ended.

https://crooksandliars.com/2026/07/trumps-cdc-stopped-monitoring-parasite

Twinkle toes RFK jr thinks that we the public should be some big experiment for his whims along side that orange hair traitor, the US Supreme Court and the maga senators..............that gave these two the go ahead to do anything..............JFC..........

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Kick SheltieLover Saturday #1
Elon strikes again. Deport him to an oil platform in the north sea. Blues Heron Saturday #2
Nah, deport him to a galaxy far far away durablend Saturday #6
sue him into poverty moonshinegnomie Saturday #14
Don't even bother with the legal niceties lonely bird Saturday #16
It's like it's a trend or something underpants Saturday #3
The Trump regime is mostly comprised of unmonitored parasites, Ocelot II Saturday #4
And they have pure hatred for American Walleye Saturday #5
I find it frightening that these goons are so self absorbed vapor2 Saturday #8
They're trying to cull the herd. Dulcinea Saturday #12
Yeah, it's easy to understand why the billionaires want people dying not fooled Saturday #13
In MAGA Bizarro-world ignorance is bliss, B.See Saturday #7
Too bad Donald just eats junk food. One big salad might do him in. Raftergirl Saturday #9
It's found on raw vegetables...... Melon Saturday #10
It is not a normal or universal feature of raw vegetables. Torchlight Yesterday #20
I'm hoping karma pays back and infects his maga goobers ! kimbutgar Saturday #11
Over 400 cases in New York state. SergeStorms Saturday #15
Rinsing vegetables doesn't really do the job irt this parasite. It's recommended one cooks all all vegatables. . Raftergirl Sunday #19
Proving once again that everything Trump does turns to shit! Doodley Saturday #17
Should be called "The Trump Shits". Crunchy Frog Sunday #18
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