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Open borders allow deadly drugs and criminal organizations to enter our country. However, a silent killer called tuberculosis has also invaded the country.
Awakened American public health officials are more interested in equity, or the racial redistribution of medical resources, than in ensuring that diseases that the country once nearly eradicated do not threaten again. There is.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of reported tuberculosis cases increased by 34% from 2020 to 2023 and continues to rise. More than three-quarters of cases are foreign-born people who either contracted the disease in their home country or traveled to countries with high rates of tuberculosis. Tuberculosis incidence in Haiti is 60 times higher than in the United States
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In New York City, the top destination for immigrants, the incidence of tuberculosis is 2.5 times the national average and continues to rise.
An astonishing 89 percent of the Big Apple’s tuberculosis patients are foreign-born. The Flushing/Clearview area of Queens, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and Manhattan’s Lower East Side are the areas most affected. According to the city’s latest annual TB summary, the largest cluster of reported TB cases in the country is in China.
Tuberculosis is no laughing matter. Globally, the novel coronavirus has just become the world’s largest killer of infectious diseases. There is no effective vaccine for this disease, but except for severe drug resistance, most cases can be treated with antibiotics, as long as the antibiotics are taken daily without interruption for more than a few months. It’s not easy.
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Western Europe, Scandinavia, and North America all report rising tuberculosis rates as immigrants arrive from poor countries where tuberculosis is endemic. British health authorities are warning the public about the distinctive cough associated with tuberculosis.
In Europe, public health authorities are actively debating ways to inexpensively test tuberculosis carriers and prevent community spread. After carrying latent TB for many years and resettling in a new country, a person may suddenly develop active, highly contagious TB and spread the disease through coughing and sneezing.
But in the US, the CDC, which has disrupted its mission, is emphasizing health equity and rushing resources to “disproportionately affected” groups. That’s all well and good, but what about also protecting Americans from the return of a disease they’ve nearly eradicated? All of the agency’s reports do not mention a single word about opening borders, which is the cause of the surge in tuberculosis.
Immigrants who enter the country legally and apply for green cards are tested for tuberculosis using an interferon gamma release assay test. Potential carriers will be allowed into the country and referred to their local health department for follow-up treatment. It’s optional and there are hits and misses, but it’s better than no screening at all.
Migrants flooding the border illegally and those entering the country using Biden’s new parole app will not be tested. Zip.
The CDC is MIA when it comes to screening and isolating infected people before they bring the disease to cities and towns across the country. The agency is forgetting its mission of “control and prevention.”
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Consider the case of a Chinese immigrant with drug-resistant tuberculosis who crossed the border illegally in April. When her symptoms worsened and she was diagnosed as “highly positive” on July 23, no steps were taken to isolate her. Instead, she was dragged between immigrant processing facilities in California and Louisiana, exposing hundreds of people.
Now, the state of Louisiana is appealing to federal authorities to continue detaining infected people until they are determined to be infected. State Attorney General Liz Murrill warned of illegal aliens “not being tested for diseases that could threaten the lives of Louisiana and the American people.”
Thousands of unaccompanied minors with latent tuberculosis are being released into communities across the country rather than being held in health and human services shelters where treatment with antibiotics can take months. .
According to data from the CDC, tuberculosis incidence among children ages 5 to 14 has increased by 42% in one year.
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On November 1, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) called on Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas to take precautions against the introduction of the disease, saying that tuberculosis “has increased the number of cases released into the interior of the United States. It is rapidly spreading through millions of untested illegal immigrants.” . ”
Although just under 10,000 infections have been reported this year, the trend is alarming. The United States fought and won the war against tuberculosis in the 20th century. Now that our borders are open, Americans don’t have to surrender to this disease.
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