On July 21, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told reporters, “We do have the outbreak under control.” At that moment, the multistate cyclosporiasis outbreak tied to iceberg lettuce had sickened roughly 1,600 people across five states, with 94 hospitalizations and no deaths.
Three weeks later, the case count has nearly quadrupled, two deaths have been recorded, and a national salad chain has filed for bankruptcy. The gap between the podium and the produce aisle has rarely been wider.
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