A nationwide outbreak of diarrhea thought to be caused by contaminated lettuce is occurring.
The People Eating Salads and Fruit Are Getting Sick. The People Eating Meat Are Fine. The Irony Is Not Lost.
Lettuce absorbs contaminated water. You can't wash it off. You can't peel every leaf. When there's a widespread outbreak, produce and meat get shipped in the same trucks and containers — cross-contamination is a real risk. Wash your vegetables. Grill your meats and vegetables well. And if the diarrhea hits — explosive, watery, cramping — don't fool around with it. Get on trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole immediately. This one doesn't resolve on its own.
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