Clearly, tweeting is not just happening in the Oval Office.

Granted, assuming that the E. coli O157:H7 illnesses stopped in early December – CDC and Canadian health authorities have not yet updated the toll – 58 sick with two dead – and, given that romaine lettuce is a perishable product, Dr. Gottlieb may well be correct.  However, since there has been no report where the romaine was grown or processed, we do not really know where the contamination occurred and if subsequent lots of romaine (or other products) are at risk.

I’ll stick with the old CDC adage: “When in doubt, throw it out.”