Ok, stupid question of the day award:
If there are 40,000 cases annually, how are these 600 cases being called an outbreak?
From the article:
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Salmonella infection is known each year to sicken about 40,000 people in the United States, according to the CDC. Salmonellosis, as the infection is known, kills about 600 people annually.
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It hasn't even reached the posted number of people killed each year by the disease. What separates these cases out?