Posted on 03/12/2022 9:27:37 PM PST by algore
The Russian invasion of Ukraine could be “devastating” for tuberculosis control in eastern Europe, and will cause a “terrible public health tragedy”, Dr Anthony Fauci has warned.
Ukraine reports roughly 30,000 new TB cases annually and has one of the highest rates of multidrug-resistant TB in the world. According to the World Health Organization estimates, Ukraine has the fourth highest TB incidence rate among the 53 countries of the WHO European Region.
“[The war] could be devastating, quite frankly,” Dr Fauci, the chief medical officer of the United States, told The Telegraph in an exclusive interview.
“As a public health official, as a scientist, and as an infectious disease expert, I’m very worried about the disruption that has already happened and that will continue.”
He criticised the “indiscriminate attacks” on the Ukrainians, adding: “Hospitals being moved to cellars, clinics having to close, are going to have a terrible impact on TB and any other diseases – HIV, infectious disease of children.
“[The war] is going to interrupt the vaccine programmes of kids, this is going to be a really terrible public health tragedy – in addition to a terrible tragedy of life lost in war.”
TB remains the second leading infectious killer globally, second only to Covid-19. In 2020 it led to 1.5 million deaths. The WHO has warned that multidrug-resistant TB is a public health crisis and a health security threat.
While TB deaths had decreased since 2005, since the pandemic they have risen. Dr Fauci said this was down to healthcare disruptions, which saw less people diagnosed and therefore not adequately treated
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Oh darn, I just searched for synovial tuberculosis. Is that what the labs were hoping to do gain of function research on?
Thank God he is alright. I was worried about his personal well-being since we haven’t heard from him in three weeks. It was the longest 3 weeks I have had to suffer through without his consistent guidance through the devastating Covid pandemic. We can all breathe a sigh of relief knowing his reassuring voice will be heard when we need him most.
Shut up, narcissist. You evil POS. You Dementor.
See my post 21. Of course, it is just some crazy conspiracy theory. No wonder the first target in Ukraine was the biolabs.
A ‘Bee headline if ever there was one.
...WHAAAT?!?
He came out of hiding to say _that?_
BTW, the 502-D procurement office is located at Joint Base San Antonio in Texas.
The little turd fossil emerges. He just told us what disease he is about to unleash on the world. TB from Death Merchant Anthony Fossil, Mass Murderer Extraordinaire.
Now get back under your rock, Tony.
Fauci has returned from “Gilligan’s Island,” I see.
The Geppetto who carved this garden gnome should shot and made to publicly apologize to the world on live TV, then shot again...
LOL. Okay Tony.
Why am I so suspicious?
Cuz Fauci is at the front again. B*******
The weasel pops his head up!
That little rat grabs onto anything he can sell to the public.. and use to kill people... why is he still loose out there?
This must be satire.
He’s baaaaaaackk!!!!!
Coming soon to a nursing home near you
“He criticised the “indiscriminate attacks” on the Ukrainians…”
So just like gas prices and everything else the rats have screwed up so far, it’s Russia’s fault. Got to get his version of the official narrative out.
Was he rubbing his hands together while bloviating?
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