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Default CDC took days to Warn of E.Coli Spinach Outbreak

jmcquown wrote:

> Your opinion of the federal government aside, it has little to do with
> outbreaks of e.Coli or any other food-born illness in spinach being
> reported. Check your facts. If a particular state doesn't report an
> outbreak of foodborn illness to the CDC it doesn't come to the attention of
> anyone, much less the attention of the federal government. You cannot blame
> the federal government for not acting when it doesn't know about something.
>
> Jill


And others will complain if they perceive the government as being overly
alarmist.... damned if they do, damned if they don't.