[Bartholomew Roberts]

Either they ARE from a less developed country or they have a pet armadillo at home.

If they are showing symptoms, it has progressed for quite some time. Symptoms don’t just show up overnight!

[stars & stripes forever]

[letters were sent went home to parents saying two students at Indian Hills Elementary in Jurupa Valley “might” be sick with leprosy.]

I wonder, how many other deadly diseases “might” be in the public school system?

[moovova]

“School officials say the letter was sent Friday...”

Ah ha...the old Obama/Clinton “document dump Friday” trick.

And, it was a looong weekend.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Isn’t it wonderful that our government is so welcoming to all the diversity that walks unhindered across our borders......./s

[Former Proud Canadian]

(Leprosy is) “a contagious disease that affects the skin, mucous membranes, and nerves, causing discoloration and lumps on the skin and, in severe cases, disfigurement and deformities. Leprosy is now mainly confined to tropical Africa and Asia, (and areas where migrants from these countries are relocated)”.

[The Sons of Liberty]

Was the kid in question one of Hussein 0bama's "Dreamers"?

[lastchance]

I guess the journalist meant “Hansen’s Disease” which one can hardly claim was relegated to the Middle Ages. Since spread by armadillos is rather unlikely parents will just have to console themselves that treatment is readily available. Because health screenings of those students coming from countries where leprosy has not been eradicated is not going to happen. Student health verses claims of racism or xenophobia. Pick the winner.

[FamiliarFace]

I thought leprosy was mentioned in Old Testament, long before the Middle Ages.

[Pearls Before Swine]

They are asking questions of the wrong people.

This goes right to Washington and its lack of concern for health in it open-borders policy.

[chit*chat]

SHOCK! It’s called illegal immigrants.

[CharlesOConnell]

Hanson’s Disease is caused by malnutrition. The bacterium is in the soil at all times. Just keep them away from McDonald’s.

[Jmouse007]

The answer is easy; the zia virus, leprosy and other formerly eradicated or non existent health hazards within the USA that are now wide-spread plaguing our society, and students within public educational system are the direct result of uninspected, unscreened, disease-ridden illegal immigrants infesting the system and infecting the population.

Solution to the problem:

Cause and effect: Isolate, remove, get rid of the cause and you rectify and cure the effect.

[RightGeek]

Obama Changes Law: Allows Immigrants with Blistering STDs and Leprosy into US - http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/02/obama-changes-law-allows-immigrants-with-blistering-stds-and-leprosy-into-us/