Another TB shocker from Breitbart: over 200
active TB cases in Arizona began as latent TB, by Ann Corcoran, 5/23/16
Over and over
again we are told that we have nothing to fear from the high percentage of
refugees who enter the US infected with latent Tuberculosis, however, all too
often latent becomes active as Michael Patrick Leahy at Breitbart tells us in the latest installment of his investigation of TB
and other diseases refugees are permitted to bring with them to their new homes
(in your towns).
Leahy at
Breitbart today
(emphasis is mine): The high rate of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among refugees is
a public health issue, Arizona state officials say. “Most of the 222
cases of active tuberculosis infection (TB) …reported among Arizona’s refugee
populations…in the past two decades …were caused by latent tuberculosis
infections that became active after years or even decades of lying dormant,”
according to the state’s Department of Health.
Eighteen percent “of all refugees resettled in
Arizona arrive with a latent TB infection,” the 2014 Arizona Refugee Health
Report states.
“For this
reason,” the report adds, “it is important that those people discovered to have
a latent TB infection complete an entire course of medication.” [You, American taxpayers are footing the
bill!—ed]
The rate of
LTBI among the general population is only 4 percent.
Active TB is
infectious, while latent TB is not. Some 10 percent of those infected with latent TB
develop active TB.
The high rate
of LTBI among refugees, the significant percentage of arriving refugees who are
not even screened for LTBI upon arrival, and very low rate at which refugees
who test positive for LTBI complete successful treatment for it, are all
reasons for the CDC to tighten its tuberculosis screening standards, as a
December 2015 study by seven current and former CDC public health experts
recommended….
Haven’t we been
told they are already screened overseas first? What is up with this? So they
could be wandering around your neighborhoods for weeks without having been
health screened?
The political leadership at the CDC, however,
shows no indication it intends to change the policy to screen all refugees for
LTBI overseas, despite the higher health risks posed by its current
tuberculosis screening protocols.
Continue
reading here, this is a
huge story!
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