Tummy Trouble for Olive Garden, Major Health Concern for US?

Hundreds of Olive Garden diners have become ill and officials are trying to determine the cause. Although there are no comfirmation of E. Coli, it appears that the sickness was limited to those who ate salad (which is where it has been found recently).

This is the second major restaurant chain, after Taco Bell, to suffer from such concerns in just the last several weeks. Such scares are normally quite rare. To my memory, I have to go back to Jack in the Box in the early 90s to find such an incident, two major chains in such a short timre frame seems strange, to say the least.

I'm surprised the cursed "bioterrorism" word hasn't popped up yet. Government agencies have already acknowledged that this is a very cheap and effective way to pursue terrorist objectives. It will kill, disable, or make seriously ill, innocent vicitims. It could economically devestate businesses that are targeted. In sum, it would have a tremendous "bang" for the buck for those who would pursue such.

On the one hand, I'm glad the media hasn't begun proclaiming this concern at every possible turn yet and are being a little more deliberate. However, it may be time to more sharply focus on this as a possibility. Regardlies of it being mere coincidence or not, we should become prepared. To not do so would be disasterous. By the way, just my luck, I've gotten on a salad kick lately! At least I now have an excuse for eating bad again