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This is Planet Money from NPR.
You know how every summer has a theme?
So, in 2019, Megan Thee Stallion gave us Hot Girl Summer.
Uh-huh, and a couple years later, we had Brat Summer.
Well, unfortunately, this year...
Hello and welcome to Planet Money.
It's Diarrhea Summer!
There is a parasite out there called Cyclospora.
It's infected more than 1,600 people so far with thousands more suspected cases.
This parasite, it can cause explosive diarrhea.
And, we're so sorry to have to say this, to the best of our knowledge, it is mostly spread by poop.
Specifically, human poop.
Investigators are still trying to figure out where this came from.
A lot of the people who got sick apparently ate at Taco Bell.