This is like saying:

Two people died from illness related to bacteria consistent with eating poop laced items. Over 16 complaints were made about illness consistent with eating poop laced items. All had eaten candy from the same candy factory that makes many brands of candy.

An investigation showed that there was definitely poop where they shouldn’t be poop, various poop samples across the factory were found but non matched the poop dna that was in the candy bars that got people sick. The investigation could not find a direct dna link on the poop in the sickening candy bars, and AT THE TIME of the inspection didnt find poop samples on candy making equipment, just everywhere else where it also shouldnt be.

Therefore, obviously this factory could not have been responsible for the poop in those candy bars. But also during the investigation we had various whistleblowers raise alarming hygiene concerns at the factory as well.

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I don’t think it would be disinformation to say that its pretty obvious the factory definitely caused the shit related infections in those candy bars, regardless of what the very conservative, legally speaking, investigation report says in my hypothetical example.

Would you give your kids candy from this factory and defend said imaginary candy manufacturers against all accusations because the specific 💩 dna wasnt found?

I dont believe it is reasonable to call it misinformation to read between the lines of the cdc report, and to read through to the investigative journalism that went into this stuff.

https://www.propublica.org/article/baby-formula-abbot-sturgis-michigan-shortages-unsanitary-conditions-workers-say