date:Nov 22, 2018
ice on its website about the investigation of 17 cases across seven states.
We knew right away that this was going to get bad and that it would get bad quickly, said Matthew Wise, deputy branch chief for outbreak response at the Outbreak Response and Prevention Branch of the CDC. We saw illnesses ramp up quickly. He added that the agency saw a lot of illness subclusters, all with romaine lettuce as the common ingredient.
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