Was Nebraska student diagnosed with TB in November
a refugee? by Ann Corcoran 12/11/16
That is what we would like to
know! Michael Patrick Leahy of Breitbart is on the case. I
know most of you are reading Breitbart (right!), but I wanted to be sure we get this latest
Tuberculosis news posted to keep our ‘Health Issues’ category up to date.
Also, before you read what Leahy
says about this Nebraska case, see our recent post on Nebraska here (3
days ago).
Leahy at Breitbart: A student enrolled at Benson Magnet High School, one of seven high
schools in the Omaha, Nebraska Public Schools system, was diagnosed with active
tuberculosis (TB) in November. Health officials said they will now
have to test 195 students and 12 faculty members who may have been exposed.
Two hundred thirty seven of Benson Magnet High School’s 1,273 students,
or 18.6 percent, are refugees, according to
Omaha Public School’s District English Language Learner/Refugee Report, 2015-16.
Officials with the Nebraska
Department of Health and Human Services and the Douglas County Public Health
Department are withholding whether the student was foreign-born or
American-born. A number of Omaha’s refugee students
were born in countries burdened by TB; Myanmar/Burma (617), Nepal (186),
Somalia (140), and Bhutan (84).
As Breitbart News reported previously, foreign-born residents of
Nebraska accounted for 82 percent of all cases of TB diagnosed in the state in
2014, much higher than the national
average of 66 percent…. Continue reading here. The article is full of links to important related news.
I’m wondering if the
problems with the US Refugee Admissions Program will hit home once families in
resettlement towns and cities find that their kids have to be tested for TB! And, I’ve wondered for a long time
if volunteers who work with refugees are given instructions on how to stay safe
and keep their families safe when interfacing with newly arrived refugees. Does
anyone know? (For new readers: Yes we admit refugees with TB.) Our ‘Health
Issues’ category (320 previous posts!) is here.
Comments
Our
government works at cross-purposes. The
State Department imports disease and the CDC tries to catch it. Our police
departments try to catch and jail criminals and Obama lets them out. The
Interior department doesn’t clear brush from federal forests and fire fighters
spend every summer trying to put forest fires out. Our border guards are told
not to stop illegals and ICE tries to catch them. I call it “job security”.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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