Foot traffic to leafy green chains is falling, data shows. Still, a few brave souls who spoke to WIRED were determined to get their fix. “I honestly didn’t even think about” the risk of explosive diarrhea, one says.

Health officials have not publicly linked the outbreak to any of the restaurants as of Wednesday, and haven’t identified the source of the parasite.

With growing cases of cyclospora-induced explosive parasite diarrhea, some restaurants and consumers have had to make some changes.

Thousands of people are sick across more than two dozen states