Pueblo County Sheriff Kirk Taylor says 126 inmates in the county jail are sick with diarrhea and vomiting, and health officials are trying to find the cause.
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The outbreak, which peaked on July 5-6, was caused by a Shiga toxin-producing E. coli bacteria and resulted in 10 hospital referrals and affected a minimum of 135 of the 1238 inmates (11%) housed at the facility….. While the peak of illness has passed, a much smaller secondary wave from person-to-person spread has been identified, beginning on approximately July 16. ….”This type of organism is difficult to control in a large population who come in contact with each other on a frequent basis.”
Are the two incidents related? Do the jails get their food supplies from the same source? This shouldn’t be rocket science. It’s also unacceptable.