Solving Every E.coli Outbreak Mystery
Dr Vernon Coleman
Authorities always seem to have difficulty identifying the cause when there is an E.coli outbreak. Delays can cause great distress and illness and deaths.
The process of finding the source of the problem really isn’t that complicated. Here is what you do:
1. Find 100 health and safety officials. There are umpteen thousands of them hanging around making a nuisance of themselves and doing nothing useful.
2. Give each official the names of two people who have had symptoms of E.coli infection.
3. Tell the officials to visit the two people to ask them what they have eaten and drunk in the last two days. Put the food items onto a list. This can be a list on a piece of paper or a list on a computer. The computer would probably be quicker.
4. Compare all the lists. There will be a common food or fluid. That is the cause of the outbreak.
5. Issue a warning and withdraw the guilty item.
6. The whole process should not take more than two hours from start to finish.
7. Give Vernon a knighthood and a million pounds for his incredibly valuable advice.
Note
For advice on how to survive doctors, hospitals and health care please read `How to stop your doctor killing you’ by Vernon Coleman. You can purchase a copy via the bookshop on www.vernoncoleman.com
Copyright Vernon Coleman June 2024
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