I found out the CDC was total bullshit around 2009. Here's my story: I have worked around several hospital ERs, but quit around 2005. In 2009, my foot started swelling. It was unusual and there was not an injury or bite mark to speak of. Eventually, it got so big I couldn't fit in any flip flops or shoes and it hurt to stand up when all the blood would go down to my foot. I decided it was time to go to the ER. I showed up in the ER and there were five people waiting including myself. Two of the other people waiting were there for the exact same reason (foot swollen with no injury or noticeable bite). Being the dork I am I sat next to one of them and asked if they had the same thing I did. I invited the other person over and we all talked. I volunteer where I lived, where I worked, what I've eaten in the last few days, etc. All three of us had nothing in common. In fact we lived, worked, and ate about as far away from each other as we could and still have chosen to go to the same ER. When I eventually talked to the doc, it was obvious he didn't really know what was going on and just gave me some antibiotics. I asked him wasn't three unrelated people showing up to the ER with the same rare problem on the same night something that should get reported up the chain? I've worked around the ER and have never once noticed someone come in with a swollen foot that wasn't related to a bite or injury. They couldn't care less. I later found out it was likely a much delayed bad reaction to another antibiotic Cipro. I wish I had asked for the phone numbers of the other two people in the ER. I didn't learn how badly Cipro had affected me until years later. I wonder what's happened to those people. I've gotten a bunch of provable bad diagnoses since then. I'm pretty sure I got a "hot" batch of Cipro much like there are certain "hot" batches of the vax that are much more likely to kill its recipients. I wonder if the other two recovered or maybe they're already dead.