@bethmariem.bsky.social Thank you for correctly describing FoodNet’s objective. It is essential for tracking trends and burden of foodborne illnesses, not real-time outbreak detection or response. The cuts matter, but so does precision, and too many accounts have blurred that distinction.
Beth Marie MoleThere's been a lot of pointing to cuts to CDC's FoodNet amid the cyclosporiasis surge, suggesting the cuts hurt responses. They didn't. The cuts are bad for other reasons, but FoodNet is not for real-time detection/response. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...