TB was wiped out in our country. It is back because there are among us ‘Americans’ who provide illegals with the work they need to stay here.
After spending a tour in Saudi Arabia in the early 1990s...I came back to test positive. The Air Force had hired out almost all of this chow hall personnel to a bunch of Pakistani and Philippine guys....so there wasn’t much doubt about where I got the thing. I think a fair number of military folks are getting this, and they are quietly treating it without saying much to the public.
I’m from this area of Bama where this TB testing was conducted. None of the locals are surprised. I’m predicting that Alabama starts mandatory testing of TB for all employees of any company within two years. It’ll be a yearly thing...just wait and see. Bama will be the first state to do this.