Sometimes our stomach distress isn't from the flu, but from something we ate. Chipotle restaurants are reeling from recent problems affected over 100 or more people. They have closed one restaurant down, and are stepping up food safety in all others.
Once in awhile I see news of a food recall, like recent items from Trader Joe's. (Ginger Beer) but since I don't watch the news I'm mostly unaware of these things. I do subscribe to pet food recalls, and there have been several just in the past week. I haven't posted them because of work overload, and dealing with repetitive motion injury.
Although I enjoy pot lucks as much as anyone, the reality is that we don't know how this food was prepared. Several months ago I was sick for three days as a result of eating at a potluck. Bacteria is created when hot foods are allowed to sit at room temperature for a couple of hours. Some bacteria is on produce that hasn't been washed. Pot lucks are a two sided coin, fun and risky.
But I recently came across a website that I think has value in keeping us up to date on food borne illness and recalls: https://www.foodsafetynews.com/