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canetoad

(21,374 posts)
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 08:27 PM 19 hrs ago

Something to consider re: Cyclospora

In the 80s, the Rajneeshee group established a large ashram in Oregon. In an effort to rig the local Circuit Court elections, they purposely acquired salmonella toxins and deliberately contaminated salad bars hoping to incapacitate the local voting population.

751 people contracted salmonella poisoning, luckily no-one died. Rajneesh, Ma Anand (tough titties) Sheela and others were prosecuted.

Of course, the current outbreak is probably coincidence, but it made me wonder.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Rajneeshee_bioterror_attack

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Something to consider re: Cyclospora (Original Post) canetoad 19 hrs ago OP
I see it as a possibility. Gore1FL 19 hrs ago #1
I watched a documentary on that Lifeafter70 18 hrs ago #2
Wild Wild Country on Netflix. Awesome documentary. Nevilledog 18 hrs ago #3
Thanks couldn't remember the title Lifeafter70 18 hrs ago #4

Gore1FL

(23,023 posts)
1. I see it as a possibility.
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 08:33 PM
19 hrs ago

I do feel like incompetence is usually a better explanation than conspiracy, especially at the current scale.

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