Blue Amp Media, 7/15/2026
David Schuster reports:
When Cyclospora is consumed by humans, it settles in the lower intestine, rearranges the plumbing, and sends its hosts into frantic negotiations with porcelain.
For decades, CDC epidemiologists counted cases, looked for patterns, traced outbreaks, and tried to determine which salad or berry had become the latest Trojan horse for intestinal catastrophe. It was the sort of work that never earned much attention because success in public health is measured by disasters that do not occur.
However, in July 2025, the geniuses in the Trump administration, intoxicated by DOGE and the perfume of wishful thinking, looked at disease surveillance and saw not an insurance policy but an expense account.
Why pay scientists to count parasites? Why bother collecting data? Why maintain an early-warning system when the Trump administration can instead issue triumphant speeches about efficiency?
So, the CDC stopped monitoring Cyclospora. Other pathogens—including Listeria, Shigella, Campylobacter, Vibrio, and Yersinia—were also removed from the program’s core surveillance activities. [emphasis added]
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