'Explosive diarrhoea' outbreak remains a mystery as officials struggle to find sources
Experts say there were likely multiple points of contamination in the US food supply - complicating investigations.
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"This isn't like detecting a needle in a haystack. It's like detecting a microscopic portion of a needle in a haystack."
— Steven Manderach , Executive
"When we see an outbreak or a cluster or something, we don't have the data we normally expect to go back to use to help us, and this is one of those consequences."
— Jodie Guest , Academic
Key People
Jodie Guest is the senior vice chair of epidemiology at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health.
Robert F Kennedy Jr is the HHS secretary and a longtime vaccine skeptic.
Steven Manderach is the executive director of the Association of Food and Drug Officials.
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Experts say there were likely multiple points of contamination in the US food supply - complicating investigations.
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