00:22So we see cyclosporiasis cases pop up every single year, right? And we tend to be able to
00:26localize where they came from. This one is very large and it took a really long time to try to
00:31localize where the source was. And in that time, people were maybe being a little bit more cautious,
00:36but they weren't really sure what to be cautious of. So we're seeing a lot of cases. It's about
00:4022,000 cases right now and probably climbing. And unfortunately, when you have that many people
00:46with infectious diarrhea, there's going to be a cohort of those people who have underlying medical
00:50conditions who are going to succumb to basically the dehydration, like taxing their system and
00:55making it really difficult for them to survive. It can cause end organ damage. And as a result,
01:00they can become very, very, very ill and even pass away. So this is really unfortunate that it's
01:05happening, but it's not so much the infection itself that is causing the demise. It's the fact
01:11that their bodies aren't able to handle the dehydration that results from the infection.
01:15No, I'm not surprised when you have about 22,000 cases that there are going to be some deaths.
01:20It's really unfortunate because this very much feels like it was preventable and it's an
01:25infectious parasite that was spread through, you know, human error potentially. And so we're just
01:32really frustrated with the whole situation as a healthcare community.
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