A Different Strain

Five ill people were identified in Kansas, North Dakota and Oklahoma as part of the new investigation, on dates ranging from Nov.18 to Nov. 26, 2015. The new Illnesses are not included in the current case count, which is now at 53, the CDC report said. [More]

Considering the millions upon millions of customers served, that's statistically pretty insignificant.  Plus nobody has died.

But the response is appropriately one of concern, to identify the scope and nature of the threat, to keep it from spreading, and to eliminate it.

Compare that to another public health issue, a much more statistically significant and grave one that has actually killed lots of people, threatens to kill untold numbers more, and would kill or mutate all if left unchecked. But in this case, the government is introducing it and facilitating its spread, and if any dare suggest it be responded to with the non-negotiable goal of protecting the well-being of Americans, well, according to Opposite Day "progressives," you're just an Islamophobe and a hater.

Put another way, would you accept the same level of "rigorous screening" put into guessing if new arrivals are safe for your food, your water, your medicines...?

Put yet another way, look at the precautions Japan took -- and is still taking -- on beef imports when ONE COW with bovine spongiform encephalopathy was detected in a U.S. herd.