Posted on 05/04/2017 8:18:09 AM PDT by davikkm
The number of active tuberculosis (TB) cases diagnosed in Minnesota increased 12 percent in 2016 to 168, up from 150 one year earlier, according to the Minnesota Department of Health’s (MDH) Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Program’s Quarterly Surveillance Report, October 1, 2016 – December 31, 2016. Ninety percent of these 168 cases (152 of 168) were foreign-born, significantly higher than the national 2016 average of 67.9 percent of active TB cases that were foreign-born.
Fourteen of these 168 cases, or 9 percent were diagnosed within the first year in the United States of the 2,635 refugees who were resettled in Minnesota in FY 2016. The majority of these refugees came from two high TB burden countries: 1,195 came from Somalia, and 653 came from Burma, according to the State Department’s interactive website.
Eleven of these 14 cases of active TB in refugees were actually diagnosed in pre-immigration exams overseas before their arrival in Minnesota – a remarkable situation that would have either violated U.S. law or required the granting of a waiver by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) office within the Department of Homeland Security, since active TB is a “Class A” health risk which is prohibited entry to the U.S. without such a waiver.
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Ah yes, illegal immigration at its best, ahem, worst.
Just lovely. You are right - what type of vetting is going on at entry? Thy know these people have an infectious disease and they are waving them in?
Thank you for posting these updates. Worries the heck out of me at times since I currently have no immunity towards any of these illnesses.
A gift from the insane libs.
IF they’re not brought to rein, they’ll get us all killed.
Thanks odongo.....your the gift that just keeps on giving. /s
No time for skin testing?
More like no interest, IMO.
To the left,EVERYONE matters more than Americans...
My father died of TB in 1938 and I STILL test positive when given the TINE test————79 years later,even though I never caught the disease.
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Whooping Cough,head lice,and bed bugs for a starter.
Really sorry about your father. How old was he?
He was 32———we were 5 and 2.
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