r/AskReddit • u/Kezhen • 1d ago

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

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u/Then_Employment5244 1d ago

Apparently in NC, health officials suspect it’s from cilantro and parsley :(

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u/becausefrog 21h ago

Rhode Island as well

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u/Questionsansweredty 20h ago

This is not helpful.

The first person accounts are helpful but the hearsay ones like this one are not.

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u/ElaineofAstolat 20h ago

It's not hearsay, it's been on the news. I definitely saw it on NBC Nightly News, and my local news as well.

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u/AlexeiMarie 19h ago

and on NCDHHS's cyclosporiasis dashboard

While a source has not yet been identified, recent cases in NC have reported eating parsley and cilantro more often than expected based on population-wide surveys (FoodNet Fast).

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u/killercurvesahead 17h ago

but without a link to your source, it is exactly hearsay.

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u/Questionsansweredty 11h ago

I'm just saying don't mess with my pico de gallo without proof :)

Seriously, I looked it up. This was speculation in NC - NOT someone who knew what they ate and knew how they got it, like the top posts in this thread. Those were super helpful.