In a message dated 3/17/2000 5:22:49 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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<< "Of 343 company employees who ate luncheon food, 191 (56%) had an illness
 meeting the case definition. Among ill luncheon attendees, symptoms included
 nausea (87%), diarrhea (80%), abdominal pain (75%), chills (73%), vomiting
 (70%), and headache (65%). Illness onsets occurred a median of 33 hours after
 eating the lunch (range: 6--96 hours) (Figure 1), and the median duration of
 illness was 24 hours (range: 5--120 hours). Of 236 luncheon attendees who ate
 potato salad, 183 (78%) became ill. In addition, eight (89%) of nine
 restaurant patrons who responded ate potato salad and became ill. Among
 luncheon attendees, eating potato salad was associated strongly with illness
 (odds ratio=42.7; 95% confidence interval=18.6--101.7). The potato salad was
 prepared 2 days before the luncheon by two foodhandlers, one of whom was ill.
 The ill foodhandler used bare hands to mix the ingredients in a 12-gallon
 plastic container." >>

Great. Just great. This is very useful information.  If you're going to be
coy and not tell us where the restaurant was, just hold your breath until we
tell you any more of our trade secrets about vinyl siding, lead, pigeon
guano, etc.  Not to mention yachting, filing cabinet requirements, or how to
unload old books.

Bah, humbug.

HC