The number of refugees resettled annually in the United States increased from 58,238 in FY 2012 to 69,933 in FY 2015, according to the Office of Refugee Resettlement.
The number of refugees resettled in FY 2016 increased to 84,995, according to the Department of State’s interactive website.
During the first three months of FY 2017, the number of refugees resettled in the country increased to 25,671,
almost double the 13,791 resettled during the first three months of FY 2016.
Individual State rates of obscured reported cases of TB are broken down at the Brietbart news source web site.
OBSCURED CDC STATISTICS of TB among IMMIGRANTS
Individual State Rates available at the Brietbart Website
Okay, fine, CDC, what are you doing about it? Has the liar been fired? Have the diseased been removed from the country?
I wonder if screening for TB is part of the “thorough” vetting touted by nobama?
Hopefully it will be under Trump.
Wonder what the breakout is on MDR and XDR....
Obama: fundamentally transforming America by knowingly importing third world plagues that had previously been eradicated from our Country.
They held immigrants in the infirmary on Ellis Island for having TB or symptoms of.
I watched a documentary last night on refugees. I have to admit it makes my heart ache. Yeah, I know. It was supposed to. But I believe Trump feels compassion for them too. There has to be a way to better bet them. And safe zones in their home countries.
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.
Globalism at its finest.
I got TB tests as a kid back in the 60’s because I lived overseas a lot. Now, because I was exposed to a friend who got TB somehow, I had to get tested twice in 2 months. Fortunately it was negative but this disease was eradicated in the USA until obunghole let all the refugees and illegals in. He should be given the active disease so he can feel like crap for 3 months to a year providing he lives through it.
During that time he can be tried and convicted of treason where he will be sentenced to...