Why are people so afraid of Tomatoes?????!!!!?

Question

There are about 5 BILLION pounds of tomatoes consumed each year in the US. Studies estimate that tomatoe eaters consume about 15 - 20 pounds of tomatoes a year, through pizza, burgers, salads, etc. That means there are roughly 250,000,000 people eating tomatoes.

The CDC reports ONLY 145 cases of Salmenala related to tomatoes.

You honestly have a better chance of winning the lottery than getting sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You also have a better chance of getting sick from e. coli on the soda fountian!!!!

Why are people so afraid??????

Answer 1

Salmonella is actually fairly serious.  And for me personally, I have a lowered immune system.  Most healthy people can fight it off, but for me, it could be fatal.  Thats why people are afraid.

Get outside of your own stupid lil world and look at the rest of the 6 billion people.  Not everyone is healthy with a perfect immune system.

Yes, I could get smashed on my way to my doc apt this afternoon.  It is possible.  But I would rather die that way instead of going into septic shock because I got an infection from a tomato that could have been avoided had I known there was a problem.

And I guess thats the difference.  We can do something about this salmonella issue.  I cant change if I get into a car accident.  The only thing i can do to prevent it is to make sure I drive my own car properly.  We have road laws that also try to prevent it.  

But we can help prevent people from getting sick because of tomatoes. We can recall them, track down the contamination, and get rid of it.  

Yeah, only 145 reports, but the tomatoes were being pulled over a week ago.  How many more people would have gotten sick had they not been recalled?

Wake up!

Answer 2

because some taste terrible. i dont know, but somethings going on with the tomatoes !

Answer 3

Because the news is telling us not to eat them and they stopped seling them in the stores.

Answer 4

Because they RED about it.

Answer 5

I did not realize there was a risk, but then again I suppose there is some level of risk associated with most everything.

Actually I understood they were good for you. Furthermore, I

like to eat them.