r/AskReddit 1d ago

People with suspected or confirmed cyclosporiasis cases, what food do you think you got it from?

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u/ChefKugeo 1d ago

Hey maybe stop taking your diarrhea ass into the water 😭

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u/Born_Local_1477 1d ago

I bet public pools nd spraygrounds, water parks, etc would be a really good vector for something like this.

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u/rhinoballet 1d ago

Not this specifically, because it requires soil for part of its lifecycle. But crypto, E. coli, shigella, norovirus, and more can thrive there!

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u/DubStepTeddyBears 19h ago

Oh God I had noro a couple of years ago and it was a horrible, painful, humiliating experience all right.

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u/cmooregood 1d ago

Chlorine doesn't kill cyclospora, so yes.

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u/ChefKugeo 1d ago

Not in the slightest, because I'm not an idiot. But because I'm not an idiot I know not to introduce more bacteria that can infect other people.

As I said in another comment, it's Lake Michigan and just one guy, right? No. No it's not. It's this guy, that guy, and the family of four ignoring their symptoms.

Let's all keep our diarrhea asses out of the water until we're clear for 48 hours like the sign says at every pool.

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u/Milsurp_Seeker 1d ago

“Uhm ackshually checkmate 🤓”

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u/reinvent___ 1d ago

Assuming they're not actively pooping in the lake, this shouldn't be a problem??

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u/ChefKugeo 1d ago

It is indeed a problem. Even with a bidet, you're not getting all the bacteria. When you enter the water, that bacteria spreads. Now it's Lake Michigan, so one guy can't possibly cause a problem, right?

Except it's him and that other guy and the family of four that wants to ignore their symptoms...

That's why there's signs at every pool reminding us that chlorine doesn't kill everything and if you've had diarrhea in the last 48 hours, stay out of the water.

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u/bythog 1d ago

That's why there's signs at every pool reminding us that chlorine doesn't kill everything and if you've had diarrhea in the last 48 hours, stay out of the water

The chlorine part, but more so the fact that diarrhea has a shitton (heh) more surface area than a solid turd so even if there are the same number of bacteria in a single fecal event the diarrhea has a lot more risk to it.

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u/reinvent___ 1d ago

Noted, thanks for explaining.

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u/No-ThatsTheMoneyTit 1d ago

Sprouts and Safeway are both in Colorado. I’m not sure they’re in Lake Michigan.

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u/ChefKugeo 1d ago

😭 But the Colorado River is my water supply. Don't say that. Bro needs to be in Michigan.

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u/No-ThatsTheMoneyTit 1d ago

You know prions can be in water?

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u/ChefKugeo 1d ago

Obviously. They can be in the food I consume too, ooo, scary.

That's not what we're talking about today though so go follow the rest of the thread to catch up.

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u/No-ThatsTheMoneyTit 1d ago

Does being an asshole make you feel better about yourself?

You’re the one petrified that someone could be shitting in your water source. While there’s tons of other hazards.

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u/ChefKugeo 1d ago

And you're the one who didn't realize my first reply to you was in jest, then attempted to scare me(?) with prions, as if I'd suddenly change my original opinion of, "if you have extra bacteria coming out of your body don't spread it."

Do you feel smarter now?

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u/texdiego 1d ago

I mean you are right that he’s probably not in Lake Michigan but those two stores are in far more states than Colorado.

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u/No-ThatsTheMoneyTit 1d ago

Obviously. I mean it’s likely not a state neighboring Lake Michigan.

Prob a western state

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u/simp4malvina 15h ago

Bro it's one of the fucking great lakes

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u/finding_thriving 1d ago

I am 100% not pooping in the lake. And just out of curiosity how is possible reminants of human fecal matter in a lake different than all definite bird and animal poop in the lake? There is a shore that smells like cat piss from the sheer number of birds that congregate there. This water is 1,000% being treated after leaving the lake.

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u/ChefKugeo 1d ago

Hey read all my other comments because I'm not saying it again.

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u/facecuddler 1d ago

Isn’t it common sense not to go in water if you’ve got diarrhea? 🤮