In 1984, members of the Rajneesh movement carried out a bioterror attack in The Dalles, Oregon, to influence a local election. They contaminated salad bars in several restaurants with Salmonella bacteria, sickening 751 people and hospitalizing 45. They achieved their evil goal and suppressed voter turnout gaining control of local political offices. This remains the largest bio-terror attack in U.S. history.
Is it a just a coincidence that organic baby carrots are suddenly contaminated with E. coli bacteria? How about the contamination of McDonald’s onions?
According to the CDC, these incidents are up over 47% over the year previous! COVID-19 came just in time to disrupt the 2020 election, and now this attack. Just during the past year alone, several other significant incidents of bacterial contamination in food have been reported:
1. Boar’s Head Deli Meats (2024): In the summer of 2024, a listeriosis outbreak linked to Boar’s Head’s processing plant in Jarratt, Virginia, resulted in ten deaths and 59 hospitalizations. The outbreak led to a recall of over 7 million pounds of meat and cheese products. Investigations revealed numerous sanitation issues at the plant, including mold, insects, and condensation in post-cooking areas.
2. Berkeley Springs Bottled Water (2023): In September 2023, the FDA recalled over 150,000 bottles of Berkeley Springs Water due to coliform bacteria contamination. The affected products were distributed in West Virginia, Maryland, and Virginia. Coliform bacteria indicate potential contamination by other pathogens, though the recall was classified as Class III, suggesting the contaminated water was not likely to cause adverse health effects.
3. Gills Onions (2023): By October 2023, Gills Onions in California recalled several lots of its chopped, packaged onions after a Salmonella outbreak resulted in 80 illnesses, 18 hospitalizations, and one death. The FDA traced the contamination back to the company’s products, finding Salmonella in the water and environment of the supplying farm.
4. Frugals Milkshakes (2023): In August 2023, three people died and six were hospitalized after consuming milkshakes contaminated with Listeria bacteria from a Frugals burger restaurant in Washington state.
5. Nestlé’s Perrier Water (2024): In April 2024, Nestlé Waters destroyed two million bottles of Perrier after detecting fecal bacteria contamination in one of its wells in Vergèze, France. The contamination was attributed to heavy rains from Storm Monica in March.
6. Marmaris Kebab House (2023): In February 2023, over 50 customers of Marmaris Kebab House in Abergavenny, Wales, suffered from food poisoning caused by Shigella contamination. One affected individual continued to experience severe illness 16 months after consuming a contaminated kebab.
Each succeeding election in America becomes more and more volatile. With two separate assassination attempts against President-elect DonaldTrump it strikes me as more than just a coincidence that we as a nation are currently under attack.
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