When a Parasite Exposes the Rot: Fast Food Profits From Public Health Crisis

As nearly 7,000 cases of cyclosporiasis—a parasite that causes explosive diarrhea—sweep across the United States, the corporate machinery of fast food is already pivoting. But this is not a story about a public health scare. It is a story about how systemic inequities, capitalist extraction, and the erasure of marginalized communities intersect when a crisis hits. The outbreak, still unlinked to a definitive source, has forced consumers—especially those in food-insecure BIPOC and low-income neighborhoods—to navigate a landscape where profit, not people, dictates the response.

How Arby's and Taco Bell Are Exploiting the Outbreak

Arby's, the sandwich chain known for its meat-heavy menu, has