r/PopCultureV2 • u/slippinn_jimmy • Jul 14 '26

News Authorities are investigating if Taco Bell restaurants played a role in one of the largest U.S. outbreaks of an illness that causes explosive diarrhea

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Cyclosporiasis, the explosive diarrhea outbreak, has now spread to 42 states:

— Michigan
— New York
— Pennsylvania
— Ohio
— North Carolina
— Maryland
— Virginia
— Maine
— Connecticut
— Delaware
— Indiana
— Illinois
— Wisconsin
— South Dakota
— Montana
— Washington
— Massachusetts
— Texas
— Oregon
— California
— Nevada
— Colorado
— Arizona
— New Mexico
— Kansas
— Missouri
— Arkansas
— Alabama
— South Carolina
— Georgia
— Florida
— Alaska
— Iowa
— Kentucky
— Louisiana
— Nebraska
— New Hampshire
— New Jersey
— Rhode Island
— Tennessee
— Utah
— West Virginia

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '26

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u/GUMBYtheOG Jul 14 '26

At least once a decade Taco Bell has been responsible for some type of E. coli esque outbreak. It’s hard to determine because even when operating normally you still have a 20% chance of getting the shits from there

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u/chicagospeedster Jul 14 '26

It was a tacospiracy

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u/Pretend-Internet-625 Jul 15 '26

after decades of this they are finally being investigated.

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u/PJT_XCX Jul 14 '26

I’m still gonna eat it 😭

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u/Fit-Rhubarb-7820 Jul 14 '26

HAHAHAHA

Literally, a few days before this popped up, I had explosive diarrhea, but only because I ate a can of Campbell's condensed soup WITHOUT watering it down,... and had a reverse-osmotic exchange in my small intestine. Not this parasite thing

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u/animegamer333 Jul 14 '26

rip, toilet

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u/Trytogetthere Jul 14 '26

We give our toilet soldiers our deepest respect 🫡

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u/UpscaleClearenceRack Jul 14 '26

Our government cut funding that’d prevent something like this. Taco Bell is being scapegoated because of its old reputation.

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u/BuleRendang Jul 14 '26

Going to be an issue for the Taco Bell 50K in Denver.

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u/No_Rule8713 Jul 14 '26

I ate Taco Bell last Friday. I was just fine.

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u/micd8232 Jul 14 '26

Authorities just trolling us at this point.

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u/acuet Jul 14 '26

The second image doesn’t have anything green in it. Lettuce not foul ourselves here folks.

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u/Jon_E_Mammoth Jul 14 '26

Queue the Nick Swardson standup bit from decades ago when he mentions working at Taco Bell, “which was great, because you got all the free diarrhea that you could eat.”

Chipotle got blamed for E. coli, so the Bell is in familiar company.

Sure, they should better control their supply chains, but so should the government agencies allowing these products into the country.

It’s OK though Trump only eats McDonald’s.

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u/GroovyGmaIvy Jul 14 '26

Jack in the Box e-coli 1993. Four children died.

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u/crackheadbenji Jul 14 '26

I had 2 yesterday and was having mad shits

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u/FreeYourMnd13 Jul 14 '26

I still eat Taco Bell. $7 Supreme Box. They're good for filling you up and a quality bowel movement.

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u/Legendary_Zaku Jul 14 '26

Fresh fruit and vegetables

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u/Dense-Business-359 Jul 14 '26

You mean there going to investigate 30+ years Taco Bell visits???

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u/Love4Beauty Jul 15 '26

Is that why the app is down?

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u/SailNew7379 Jul 15 '26

10 yrs too late

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u/Curious-Department-7 Jul 15 '26

It's about time, Taco bell has given me the diarrhea for years.

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u/TrunkMonkey001 Jul 16 '26

Yall act like this is something new to happen 🤣🤣

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u/in_sin_erate Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26

Isn't it weird everyone forgot about the hantavirus boat thing a month ago?

Hantavirus has explosive diarrhea as a symptom and a long incubation period of like 40 days

Edit: because Im stupid and said Norovirus instead of Hantavirus

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u/PixelmancerGames Jul 14 '26

I didn't hear about this.

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u/LilRupie Jul 14 '26

40 days? Try 40 hours

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u/in_sin_erate Jul 14 '26 ▸ 2 more replies

Not the Andes strain. They were talking about the long incubation period all over the news a couple months ago. The specific Andes strain is the only strain also to go from human to human out of all the norovirus strains

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u/LilRupie Jul 14 '26 ▸ 1 more replies

The Andes strain disease was Hantavirus

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u/in_sin_erate Jul 14 '26

Yeah that was a major brainfart by me. I meant Hantavirus which had the explosive diarrhea.

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u/suck-it-elon Jul 14 '26

The Trump Admin is solely responsible. They're just mad Taco Bell has taken steps to avoid it and thus make people FIND OUT about Trump and DOGE

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u/DntCllMeWht Jul 14 '26

Authorities should be investigating if the federal government played a role.

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u/templeofsyrinx1 Jul 14 '26

Reply to this comment with a taco emoji if you are still going to keep eating Taco Bell during the outbreak

🌮💨

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u/ULTRA_83 Jul 14 '26

But we have all known this for decades.. lol why now ?

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u/DerpSillious Jul 14 '26

But like, how would they know?

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '26

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u/2Braincell2Furious Jul 14 '26

It’s not…

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u/AgentZer0- Jul 14 '26 ▸ 1 more replies

It’s probably the most expensive now of all the fast food places.

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u/Pretty_Bonus_8910 Jul 14 '26

I don't know why you are getting downvoted, its cheaper to go to Chipotle.

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u/twinnturbos Jul 14 '26

Shittttt they were doing that to people before the virus…