I was diagnosed with TB when living in Germany as a kid (stationed at Ramstein). They put me on a daily pill for a year and I had some of the chronic effects for 10 years afterwards; fast heart beat, short of breath, dizzy, etc. It’s not fun.
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In the US, the over whelming majority of TB is a result of an open boarder and untested/undocumented people from Central and South America who come in. Years past TB was nearly a non-issue but as the stream of illegals increased this disease reemerged. In fact, you can even graphically see on a map where this disease manifests itself in the US and it’s surprising to see that this corresponds to where the illegal populations are growing fastest (Over lay the two maps). In Texas we have over 400 cases per year and most boarder states are hit pretty well. Since the illegal bypasses all checks they’re not screened and that’s something not mentioned by the Obama’s and Hillary’s which are stumbling over themselves pandering to the Hispanic voter. In fact Multi Drug Resistant TB has been now popping up in the US as well, formerly only seen in Mexico: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5511a3.htm
Really? I would say that's about the first thing to test for in illegals. Ticks me off royally that colleges state in their admissions they don't care about legal status and give perks to those who come from impoverished areas, have a hard luck tale to tell, and have English as a second language.