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So since this got some traction, the grocery store I stopped at today was Mom’s Organic Market. It had the Earthbound brand for packaged greens, which is…Taylor Farms. I told the employee, but she looked confused.

One of the reasons: the health secretary totally ignoring it. And NO PSAs. There should be PSA on open channels, streaming, and radio.

God my mom food tonight and she wanted a bean burrito with extra lettuce.

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Apocryphal quotation from a source no one can name: You may have no interest in politics, but politics has an interest in you. The real quotation (Pericles): "We do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business; we say that he has no business here at all."

It's supposed to be the job of our government to warn people when there's a health hazard. Everyone in that store should've known. Unfortunately, our government doesn't believe there is one. They also don't believe in science or helping people.

I wish I could just unplug and trust that I won’t die from eating lettuce 😭

We just got a soup & salad bar at work. I've been avoiding the salad portion. No one at work knows about cyclospora. I mentioned I wasn't feeling well. The person I was talking to mentioned that something was going around, lies of throwing up & diarrhea. 1/2

It is exactly why we are where we are.

It's not even politics. It's just news. But since the lame stream media has shown themselves to be useless in politics, it's no wonder folks have given up on them completely.

I'm amazed at how many people don't wash their produce. Birds, raccoons, worms, and more poop in farm fields. Wash your hands. Wash your food!!! That isn't politics.

They’ll learn quickly if it ever makes them sick.

let them eat salad

Almost like we should have a department or group of people to deal with this so that everyday people don't have to become disease experts to buy a bell pepper.

If cyclospora hits senior care places, & loved ones get incredibly ill for a month needing possible hospitalization, facilities will be blamed. (they can’t test every bit of lettuce) Maybe then, people will notice & care? Feds are waiting for this to attack our seniors w/o mercy. It’s disgusting!😡

it’s scary. i’ve seen this in other contexts too. not paying attention to any news at all

"This Elon fella seems like a nice guy. I'm sure if he ever threw two Sieg Heils, the news would tell me at some point."

The gross ignorance of Americans is alarming/appalling. Our education system has been broken for decades. Books are banned and many people in this country don't blink an eye. It's the systematic take-down of Democracy.

Similar thing happened with staff of two different restaurants I recently patronized. When I asked about their salad greens they had no idea what I was talking about. I couldn’t believe a restaurant wouldn’t know.

Quite a large chunk of the populace is barely online and are just busting ass to put food on the table

It’s so disappointing and frustrating,

It would probably hurt sales of produce, toilet paper, anti diarrhea meds, adult diapers and plungers if grocery stores posted notices about it.

Stupid people get sick from things they can prevent. Watch Pox News - get sick. Listen to Junior Kennedy - get sick. Get all your news from social media - get sick. The rest of us do our damndest to believe science, our doctors & try to protect ourselves without resorting to ivermectin.

I was in a Dollar General with a produce section the other day and they were fully stocked with the poison salad bags, etc. I couldn't believe what I was seeing

Last week I asked the guy stocking the produce if they had any of that diarrhea lettuce. He replied, " I don't know."

If it was trending on TickTock or Instagram, etc they would know about it. 🫩

I watch late night comics to get my news. AND my grocery store produce guy cleared my purchase of Taylor Farms ready salad. "It's in the Midwest. Everything in that bag is grown within 100 miles of here."

I can’t

I saw all the shredded lettuce bagged salads on sale - to sell more of them, and quickly!!!

Yeah, you're a passive aggressive weirdo. Thanks for sharing this so that I can unfollow. Thanks.

Perhaps because their primary information source is Fox News.

I go out to restaurants with my friends and they are all ordering salads and these are smart, educated people.

Same here.

Has Taylor farms recalled anything? I haven’t seen any iceberg lettuce recalled I’m so confused…

Has Taylor farms recalled anything? I haven’t seen any iceberg lettuce recalled I’m so confused…

Politics takes time and is boring on top of the news you get if you don't dig is incomplete. I find offshore news from non autocratic countries is much more honest than US news served up by billionaires.

Perfect example why many Bluesky elites/pundits who want Ds to focus their political messaging on moral arguments are just dead wrong. Normal folks are not tuned in to much of the daily news/happenings. They are worried about their bank accounts. Affordability. Affordability. Affordability.

Damn it … and these are the people who ignore the importance of getting out to vote .. the ignorance of that neglect is truly astounding 😳😳

A few years ago, no one in my office knew that a tropical storm was heading our way. It’s not just political news… they don’t watch the weather either.

That's the REAL infection in the US!

They can catch by reading while they sit on the can.

To miss the news about explosive diarrhea seems pretty unfortunate.

depending on the state, the risk might be low or not above baseline anyway (*probably*). But still it's national (maybe international) news.

It is shocking and disgusting how many ppl have decided to put blinders on & ignor reality. That they then bitch & moan about how things are going is insane.

Shhh, especially if they are maga.

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It's not even politics, it's health warnings.. Oh yeah our person in charge of health is a recovering heroin addict...so do you listen to addicts?

Knowing about it should not be reliant on people following politics. The US Government should be communicating with its citizens and business owners through official public announcements and recalls.

Absolutly true. People don’t want to know what’s happening both socially and politically, not so much because they are busy but due to fear. They’ll tell you they don’t want to know about things they have no power to change or control which is insanity thinking.knowing is a way to protect yourself.

The profound ignorance is frightening. And this is the "well-informed electorate" our founders had in mind? 🙄

I guess when you're concentrated on staying alive and having a place to stay, your perspective becomes rather limited. This is why governments make it difficult for most of the population to succeed.

Right, and folks want those people to be forced to vote? I have met some of my neighbors; I do not want the ignorant as fuck anywhere near a voting booth.

Or they do n think it's nothing more than mild food poisoning. Yeah. And covid is just mild flu 🙄

"I don't get political" means "I don't like my information challenged by real facts." People who don't follow the news are the reason we cannot move to a decent election system; they are so uninformed you can't even have a discussion about real events.

They’re still selling Taylor Farms bagged salads at my local grocery store. Seriously??? 🤢

Never mind politics. They don't pay attention to any news at all. I suppose that benefits their mental health short term, but long term it is bad news for them, and for the rest of us, too.

Ditto. I was like why are you even putting that in your cart?

It's depressing. That's why our democracy is falling apart. We've become a flaccid, self-centered, apathetic nation.

Google searches spiked on election day for "did biden drop out." I seriously do not understand being that checked out but still going to vote.

My neighbor, a nurse, was shocked as well.

I went to the grocery store yesterday and made a point of checking. All of the Taylor Farms bagged salads were still in their normal places. I can't believe how ignorant this whole situation is.

Sprouts still has the Taylor Farms with different names available for purchase. Is this like the war numbers and Covid numbers?

Many people live connected to their phones in a bubble of self-absorption and wishful thinking...that is, until they are directly affected. Then it's too late for them.

I ended up walking through produce without picking up anything. Everyone else that was there was getting the sale greens or organic lettuce. One thought that since it was organic, it was safe.

Wow. Consider their circles at work and in personal life are likely equivalent. Just coming off a weekend too (social gatherings, church.) Jeez.

Sadly, most Americans barely follow the news at all. It’s not just politics.

We shouldn't have to follow politics to get health information The problem is our healthcare scam here. No money for preventative care. No healthcare unless you're rich. And then we got Shitler and lost research and development also Rich people don't make money protecting us so they don't

I ran into the same thing at Sprouts. One lady knew and told another lady not to buy Taylor Farms but she said it was ok to buy Earthbound Farm. I corrected her and told them both that Earthbound was owned by Taylor.

No clue. And some are proud of it, as though politics and current events are beneath them? Goodness no, not me, i dont follow politics! Well, fine, i have no idea about this sportsball nonsense people are on about, but at least that cant give me exploding asseria.

Response I’ve gotten from some DEMOCRAT friends and relatives when discussing current events: “Steven Miller? Who is that?” “I did not know about the reflecting pool” “There’s a new Air Force one? What happened to the old one?” Just a few that I remember recently.

And don't follow the News...or the REAL News

The produce section. A good place to Resist!

Never watch NEWS...including their local. Why do you think all the a$$holes are in DC??

Work in a grocery store as cashier. I'm the one having the most (I mean only) training in food safety because of studies background. They only did thing to pass inspections. No idea why they did it. I take every new employees and teach them. We now have a good cleaning schedule.

I served on a jury. Half the people there were apathetic towards the outcome. I can't even.

That’s why the movie ‘Dumb and Dumber’ (both with b’s) was made … a cautionary tale.

Health news shouldn’t be political. Trump does this.

MIL told me she was making BLT’s and I was like, girl, the cyclospora?? And she replied that she washed everything extra well. Based on the amount of highly discounted produce & totally ignorant shoppers, most Americans are going to spend all of August violently shitting, some literally to death

The rethug crooks rely on that, too!

Guess they weren't in Michigan

It’s terrifying and annoying at the same time

that’s not just politics- that’s not following basic NEWS

And don't vote . . .

I had a virus two years ago that caused me excessive diarrhea and discomfort and I ended up in the hospital I had to have a liver drain because I developed an abscess My stay was 124000 dollars I had insurance but was off work for thirty days If cyclospora is like my illness you don't want it

That's just frightening and angering.

It shows that Taylor farms donations to trump worked and keeps on working.

Restaurant servers as well.

not everybody has time to catch the news ..also the agencies that would've normally been on top of this stuff have been gutted

And don’t vote

Just the news. You don't need to care about politics to watch the damn news. Jeesh!

Politics?

It’s part of food SAFETY!!!!!! I was a food manager!

Wtf

They’re sooo much happier than us!

Many are exhausted! Some just have their heads in the sand! Some simply take their democracy for granted!!!

At a local Fred Meyer I was blown away by workers stocking the bagged lettuce from boxes clearly marked with "Taylor Farms". People acted as if they didn't see it or were ignorant of it. I almost blurted Taylor Farms! but didn't. I just won't buy produce at FM anymore.

Same here. I live in a red state. Although our local is just now covering it.

Willfully ignorant assholes, quite frankly...

I bet they all know spraying fresh produce with an inexpensive hydrogen peroxide solution kills cyclospora and a bunch of other cooties. You apparently don't. www.amazon.com/dp/B09HHDRFRN

I consider my "lane" to be music, and I mainly stick to it, sometimes I post or repost about current events, the way I look at it is, if you want to ignore politics, fine, but that doesn't mean politics will ignore you.

As someone who specifically worked as a produce manager in the past, grocery stores chains don’t generally give staff a heads up on evolving stories. They have a system for urgently disseminating *recalls* to the store level for immediate action. If “we don’t know the source,” then it’s not news.

Stores have sometimes put brands considered part of the recall at half off. Aren’t they supposed to pull them?

they watch fox, thats why

It's crazy that public health is considered political but that's the world conservatives want.

Family member takes pride in stating "I never watch the news"

Public health shouldn't be political - and that's our current problem.

My rule is if the store does not have a sign announcing that they do not use Taylor Farms and who they source from, I don't buy produce there.

I don't plan on eating any commercially grown raw vegetables until the Republican Party has been driven from power and been relegated to nonentity status for at least two full election cycles. They're a threat to public health. #StupidWhiteTrash

This is the direct result of piss-poor education. For GENERATIONS very bad ppl have worked to destroy education in the US-for political (power) gain. An EDUCATED populace wldn't fall for LIES & MANIPULATIONS! An EDUCATED populace wldn't fall for 'consumerism at all costs'! It's ALL about POWER.

Wait until you realize how many can't read, and those who can haven't read anything for decades. This culture is pretty damn awesome.

Sunday I delivered (from Instacart) 10 heads of lettuce from Walmart to somebody and a large bag of cat food. that is all

I'm sure Faux doesn't report on it. Let them kill their own constituents.

They get their “news” from Fox, OAN, and Newsmax — they literally inhabit an alternate reality.

I think it’s more of an ignorance is bliss type situation. A recall on food is not supposed to be political and the only reason it is, in this case, is because dt is pulling strings in favor of the company that is guilty. Don’t they keep up with everyday news? 🇺🇸😪

There are a number of states that haven’t been affected yet. Nevada has several cases, but all were contracted out of state.

Yet somehow I envy them.

In my town, where everyone is a cultist, they buy the stuff because they have been told by other cultists that it is a democrat hoax. Hopefully they will clear the shelves of the contaminated stuff.

And if these people are voters. They’ll ask AI in 2028 which presidential candidate they should vote for.

What’s more shocking is how little guidance we are getting from the CDC.  What states are safe. What food is not.

Explosive diarrhea isn’t a problem until it’s in my toilet ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The modern day Diogenes seeks a sentient being. Best wishes in that task.

Do you think people are just too busy trying to keep up with high prices that they don’t have time to read or listen to the news?

But they do watch Entertainment Tonight, The Housewives of xyz, and read People magazine….

I get my greens from Planted Detroit, they grow all of them hydroponically. Indoor operation and they deliver them too.

And many of these people vote even though they're woefully uninformed. We live in a very stupid country.

Most people I mention it to have no idea what I'm talking about.

I'm guessing Fox News didn't have much to say about it.

During the New Jersey gubernatorial election of 2017, a local TV news station asked people if they could name the 2 major-party nominees. Most people were clueless - and this was in a wealthy town, not an impoverished town.

😩

And these are the same uninformed that vote for Trump and MAGAts.

Or the fact that RFKjr and our media are failures! Both should have made sure notification and news went out to everyone. Instead, he lied, saying it's all under control and did nothing.

I would not be eating foods if I were in the US. Blanch your vegetables and maybe your fruit, then in cold water to prevent the cooking process.

I haven't met anyone in the produce aisle for a few weeks, the current situation has been a good reason to brush the ice crystals off some elderly vegetables in my freezer

Right Ma Carol. I'm only buying fruit if it can be peeled. I review labels watching for sodium and sugar. I saw recently that "healthy" on a label ican be false advertising or, should I say, a marketing technique. Corruption is everywhere. Let's try to just stay alive.

No shit.

The idea of meeting someone in the grocery aisle is so funny to me.

We're being "governed" by an opportunistic disease, a felon, a serial rapist, a pathological sociopath. NOTHING good comes from that, perhaps with the possible exception that citizens might eventually see that we're being bamboozled by a handful of super wealthy and sheer numbers is our super power!

These are most likely the people who also don't vote.

it is truly stunning. but it's a bell shaped curve of folks who pay attention and we are at the extreme end of that curve.

Even my high schoolers know…

so what

wellll... theres not many news outlets left in america.. so maybe that's actually why

Yes, but that’s not politics, that’s news. And that’s the underlying problem- no one trusts the major news outlets

The grocery store should know

I asked a staffer at Sprouts at earthbound Farms was owned by Taylor Farms and they assured me it was totally independent. I don't know if he was just dumb or lying. I think just dumb.

I find it's best to know as much as you can about shit.

..too sidetracked to follow anything, and reeling from the repercussions of everything..

It’s true. My local VA COSTCO has sourced LOCAL VA baby green lettuce so salads are still on our menu. Not an iceberg lettuce person. I also bought Canadian potatoes. FDA’s the reason I grow my own basil, rosemary, mint, thyme, parsley, cilantro and tomatoes. More produce in a big garden next year.

Yep. Shelves still full of Taylor farms produce and ppl still buying it lmao!! I would like to not shit my brains out so I’m steering clear lol

Only 1 person in 5 follows politics closely. According to @rachelbitecofer. So you found the 4 who don’t.

"Now I understand how many people don’t follow politics and have no idea what’s going on." Now ask about House of the Dragon Blame the Voters

I blame things like Roku. You get no news update.. updates between shows you really don’t even get commercial commercials. I seen the same Claritin commercial for like six times in the last hour..

Seems like this is what’s happening in A LOT of people’s brains

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I made a comment about screw worm to my aunt who only consumes right wing propaganda and she had no idea what I was talking about. 🫣

Chances are those low-informaton people were Trumpanzees.

Many people are too busy trying to survive until next month to pay attention to politics.

DAAAAHHH

But you shouldn't have to follow politics to be confident that the food you buy is safe to eat

They will do when they spend days on a toilet

They get all their info on Faux News 🤦

But no one should have to follow politics to be warned about a pathogen in our food chain.

Many are algorithmically shunted away to celebrity news, sports-betting, and cat videos...

Wait, was any of the salad half price? Just curious.

BINGO!! I don't think activist types who are really connected understand how UNinformed the majority of ppl are.

PSA: 40% of all food inspections in the USA are done by COSTCO food inspectors, NOT the USDA - and it's been that way for years. The government falling down completely on the other 60% is why these food borne illnesses aren't even way worse! Thank COSTCO by getting a membership.

I am shocked also ! It's not even about being politically saffy! How is it possible not to hear about cyclospora? Those that are unaware will become very aware if they get it

The people and news organizations that are supposed to announce these outbreaks were all fired.

That is scary... People literally on the other side of the world know about it 😬 That's some major head -in-the-sand going on there

This is a good reason for ppl to frequent their local Farmers Markets. Those farmers are dialed in.

The daily grind of life serves the status quo. We need to help our neighbors become informed.

I noticed lettuce is $1.50/head of iceberg ..

Funny how regulations drop off, contamination comes in waves, and yet pricing doesn't come down. I thought regulation was the problem? Evidently, corporate farms and ranches actually don't give a shit. Who knew?

And it's a shame that now public health is now political.

Hard to believe such ignorance.

It’s really quite scary

I shopped for a few items yesterday and observed several people buying bagged chopped salads from Taylor Farms that still occupied shelf space in the Kroger affiliated store.

On Live with Mark & Kelly today, Kevin Jonas didn't know who Punch the monkey was. Too many people don't watch the news, that's why many MAGA will argue with you when you tell them things that DJT really did. They think you're lying, have no idea what's going on in the world.

I get it. My older sister never knows what’s going on but latches onto Fox hysteria about trans people and believes little children are getting surgery. I don’t think she’s ever known a trans person.

I wouldn't shop at that store anymore. If that store/chain is that lax on employee education regarding recalls I can only imagine where else they cut corners and ignore safety.

'I Love the Uneducated.' Obese Orange Felon Pedophile USA Prez. The Beast Slouches Towards Bethlehem.

We are such an ignorant and undereducated nation.

They’ve been preached to continuously about the “fake news” so they no longer watch the evening network or local news. Totally illiterate!

It’s a bit shocking. And it’s to their detriment and ours as well. And this is what happens when agencies that are supposed to protect us have been gutted. I wish Cyclospora on everyone in this administration that has been integral to dismantling the agencies that protect our health and well-being.

In a fully functioning society citizens would be conditioned to tune in to reliable sources for important information every now and then.

This has become political, it is not, it is public safety.

Were the products in question specifically brands that come from Taylor Farms? Otherwise, there’s not a current need to worry. Also, you’re really sparking these conversations with strangers at the store ?

Cyclospora isn't even "politics" There's just a giant chunk of people not paying attention to ANYTHING

We have to come up with better language to capture the idea. When people tell me they don’t follow politics, I ask; Do you care if your office has asbestos in the walls? Do you like the crossing guards at your kids’ school? Do you support your local post office?

I worked with a recent college grad who was excited about having the 4th of July off. They wanted to know why. I explained it’s our Independence Day. “Independence from what”. They had no idea we were part of Britain. I sometimes think the human race is too dumb to survive.

I went yesterday to my local Giant. No Taylor Farms stocked, piles of bags of greens like romaine not being bought. This is only the beginning, the MAGAts have decimated the entire safe-guard policies for food. Read "The Jungle"-Upton Sinclair. That's where we're headed. S F M

This should have been their first clue. 😊💙

And why it’s still spreading.

Honestly perilous to eat anything these days with all the deregulation going on...being oblivious at this point could be a deadly mistake.

One day, people will understand that politics is another word for payroll.

Husband picked up dumplings from Chinese restaurant. They usually serve on a bed of lettuce - which is senseless for takeout because the hot dumplings turn lettuce into sopping wet mess. I told him to ask not to use lettuce and they were offended. They didn’t know about the whole lettuce thing

That explains a lot!

Meanwhile I can't decide if my hyper-focus will save my life or get me killed.

…or simply hear the news or use social media. I learnt about it from S/M here in the UK!

It’s mind boggling, isn’t it? Was in a restaurant & asked the server if they were still offering salads (they are) & about the origin of the lettuce the kitchen uses-that I wasn’t interested in eating tainted lettuce. She had absolutely no idea what I was talking about. No idea.

Private equity killed newspapers, right-wing billionaires killed TV news (local & national), Rush Limbaugh killed radio news, tech broligarchs overwhelmed online news, Trump & Musk killing PBS/NPR. Don’t blame people for not following the news. Blame greedy, unregulated capitalists.