Faulty reasoning signals

• Burden of Proof - 29.1%
• Availability Heuristic - 27.4%
• Loss Aversion - 24.8%

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What is Cyclospora? >> [music] >> It's a parasite and it causes diarrhea, weeks of diarrhea [music] in people who are infected. The way that people usually are infected is through contaminated water and [music] produce, really irrigation water and ends up on lettuce, raspberries, different types [music] of produce. Authorities haven't established what the source of the parasite is. They haven't found a particular [music] type of produce because Cyclospora outbreaks have been tied to produce, to certain fruits and

vegetables. The recommendation [music] that health authorities are making while they're trying to find the source is to be very careful with produce, to wash it thoroughly. If you're able to cook it, >> [music] >> cook it. If you're buying lettuce instead of buying bags of shredded lettuce, to buy whole heads of lettuce [music] and then to take off the outer two or three layers and then wash [music] it very thoroughly. If a person is having diarrhea for days and days, [music] especially given the current surge in

Cyclospora, they should consider talking to their doctor. Cyclospora usually is not deadly. It's just [music] awful and it's treated easily with antibiotics. A lot of the attention has been in Michigan and Ohio where there's been a lot of clearly identified cases, [music] but there have been investigations in 29 states.