Important nuance: While Trump CDC and FDA cuts have hampered tracking longer-term disease trends, real-time monitoring of cyclospora was not eliminated and current investigation (with the help of state reporting) is proceeding and making progress.
Dr. Lucky TranThis isn’t completely true. The CDC’s Foodnet program made cyclospora monitoring optional, but other programs were still monitoring it. Of course cuts to CDC and FDA hamper the response, but the situation is much more nuanced than most covey on social media.