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TKDRL
reply to post by ChaoticOrder
1500 getting sick is not really that many though. Out of how many million school kids total? 1500 people in NYC alone would be a tiny percentage.
CINY8
Not sure if this is a scare tactic or curious timing...they are saying that this strain seems to be resistant to drugs and is effecting twice as many people as a usual outbreak would.
Salmonella tied to Foster
About 42 percent of patients reporting complete information have been hospitalized, about double the proportion typically expected from a salmonella outbreak, Reynolds said. Of 183 complete cases, 76 patients have been hospitalized. Among those, many infections appear to be resistant to the most common antibiotics used to them, she added.
sheepslayer247
Just wanted to add that I am in the Food Service business and as of this morning the USDA is still sending alerts for possible foodborne illness' and contaminations.
This morning there was an alert about salmonella and peppers from Orange County California.