A dangerous E. coli strain has emerged; a small mutation may explain its rise

It's unclear what the mutation does, but it might make <em>E. coli</em> stealthy on lettuce.

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[ReadandShare]

How does this square with our secretary of health RFK, jr's rejection of germ theory?

 

[NinjaNerd56]

Instead of “Captain Trips” from ‘The Stand’, we may experience “Captain Shits”…except it will be no joke.

 

[tRexx]

Have no fear, RFK Jr. is on the case. The first thing to do is to fire the people who discovered the problem.

 

[UserIDAlreadyInUse]

And this is how the zombie apocalypse will end; too many of the undead taken down by not washing their humans first.

 

[John the Socialist]

Please let it be that RFK contracted it from his sewer swim!

 

[hillspuck]

What a great time to be a new strain of germ in America!

 

[Lorentz of Suburbia]

“These Liberals, these Fauciii, under their watch these things blossomed, probably from illegals, but we’re here now, it’s fine, Bobbie Jr has it handled, it’s gonna be great .. “

 

[GFKBill]

Just what this timeline needed

 

[Hacker Uno]

And how was this allowed to be published given the CDC's restrictions on publishing, and especially since RFKJ doesn't believe in infectious diseases and genetics?


/s (should not be necessary, but...)

 

[ddesideria]

Humanity's obsession with creating monoculture ecosystems everywhere will doom us. It is only a matter of time for nature (pathogens included) to optimize themselves and spread like fire. "Diversity is strength" is more than just leftie slogan.

 

[DarthSlack]

And how was this allowed to be published given the CDC's restrictions on publishing, and especially since RFKJ doesn't believe in infectious diseases and genetics?


/s (should not be necessary, but...)

This was probably in the publication pipeline before Kennedy showed up to screw the pooch. So we can blame this on DOGE, they were supposed to purge the CDC of such woke nonsense. Apparently they are inefficient.

 

[Aleph0]

Time to start boiling my lettuce salad...

 

[archtop]

RFK Jr. might want to take a dip in some lettuce-infested waters.

 

[asharkinasuit]

Do we have a video (schematic or real microscopy) anywhere of bacteria battling cells using syringes? I found this basic animation about how P. syringae infect plants but no clear syringe action... I'm just fascinated by the weird and wonderful world of molecular technology that single-celled organisms have evolved.

 

[johnlsenchak]

Beth Mole explains what's going to happen to Robert Kennedy Jr. afters swimming and ingesting water from the creek with the sewage outflow

Explosive E. coli diarrhea

 

[Frosty Grin]

How does this square with our secretary of health RFK, jr's rejection of germ theory?

Maybe the lettuce just needs to eat well, and exercise?

 

[Veritas super omens]

Say...what is this "CDC" thing you refer to? /s

 

[silverboy]

Ah, science. I will miss it.

A lot.

 

[you goddamn idiot.]

So, what's the actual solution here from a food safety perspective? Cleaning the surface seems to be ineffective if the bacteria can enter the leaf itself. Gamma-ray sterilisation?

 

[xoid]

So, what's the actual solution here from a food safety perspective? Cleaning the surface seems to be ineffective if the bacteria can enter the leaf itself. Gamma-ray sterilisation?

Only eat ultra processed foods. /s

 

[szielins]

So, what's the actual solution here from a food safety perspective?

It's never a question of safe versus unsafe--it's always how much risk we're willing to tolerate in pursuit of producing A megatons of food product B at a price of C, resulting in D dollars of productivity lost and E deaths.

As that calculus changes from year to year, Frosty Grin's wisecrack is predictive.

Gamma-ray sterilisation?

Some sort of ionizing radiation, at least. You can have anything you want, as long as you're willing to pay for it, and food irradiation is surprisingly cheap--maybe $.01-$.20/lb, depending on dose. But with STEC killing under a hundred USAens per year, even the prospect of that number doubling is unlikely to result in a regulatory change.

 

[GFKBill]

The fact that this seems new or novel is based on the public presumption that evolution finished when we were created. This biblical view still pervades our world view. Sadly, this world view will continue to result in deaths that are preventable. Maybe this level of human stupidity is nature's way of making up for the advances of civilization. It is an arms race in nature that never stops. H.G. Wells understood it when he wrote War of the Worlds in 1897 because Wells understood Origin of the Species.

Nice rant, but how the heck do you get there from the article?? And who is this "our" you refer to?

Like, the headline is almost literally "New E.coli strain evolves"

 

[tigas]

Well, shit.

 

[tfidf]

Only eat ultra processed foods. /s

... and raw milk.

 

[bebu]

So, what's the actual solution here....? Gamma-ray sterilisation?

Yes definitely. But I am not thinking the lettuce. Another set of veggies altogether. About 1000 rad.

 

[luddite1967]

What kind of sewage do I have to swim in to get exposure to this stuff? I want to make sure my pet brain worm is properly nourished.

 

[deadman12-4]

Please let it be that RFK contracted it from his sewer swim!

you know I bet anything that he took antibiotics before doing so (or just afterwards). Conspiracy theorists are all the same, they don't believe anything they sell.

 

[Architect_of_Insanity]

Time to start boiling my lettuce salad...

Time for irradiation to become standard practice in fresh produce.

 

[Nilt]

I did not have stealth E. Coli on my bingo card for this year. Can we dub this The Year of Murphy yet?

 

[scpATL4now]

Have no fear, RFK Jr. is on the case. The first thing to do is to fire the people who discovered the problem.

Your making the assumption they are still employed for him to fire

 

[RZetopan]

And how was this allowed to be published given the CDC's restrictions on publishing, and especially since RFKJ doesn't believe in infectious diseases and genetics?


/s (should not be necessary, but...)

Not to worry, if you ingest bleach, feed cod liver oil to your cows, drink their raw milk and then swim in sewage, RFK Jr. will almost guarantee that you may survive, and that is a risk that he is willing to take. Just stay away from all vaccines, since they are the real killers!