Interesting. I didn't appreciate that the word "epidemic" has such a broad use (from Wikipedia): An epidemic disease is not required to be contagious, an

Interesting. I didn't appreciate that the word "epidemic" has such a broad use (from Wikipedia): An epidemic disease is not required to be contagious, and the term has been applied to West Nile fever and the obesity epidemic, among others. The E. coli O157:H7 the girls acquired was foodborne. We don't routinely practice cannibalism in this state, so there was no danger of the outbreak continuing to spread once the farm in question stopped distributing raw milk.