Posted on 10/06/2023 1:37:44 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
Years of budget cuts and staffing shortages have left the New York City Department of Health too hobbled to contain a sharp rise in local cases of tuberculosis, according to a bombshell new report.
“TB is the top killer of people worldwide among infectious diseases,” Dr. Bruce Hirsch, infectious disease specialist at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y., told The Post.
And there have been about 500 active cases of TB in NYC so far in 2023.
That’s an increase of about 20% over the same time last year, according to “internal preliminary data” reported by Politico, making 2023 the worst year for TB infections in a decade...
...Hirsch and other medical experts agree: “Everything in the world comes to New York City,” he said.
“When COVID started in the US, it started in New York. It was an explosion,” Hirsch added, noting that housing shortages and a decline in our public health infrastructure are partly to blame for TB’s resurgence.
“Everything is becoming crowded, with [health care] staffing shortages. Things are much worse in the public health clinic space,” Hirsch said.
“The quality of health care for people in prisons is often superior to the health care on the outside,” he added. “TB is sneaky and it’s persistent — and it’s well adapted to human beings.”
The spike in NYC tuberculosis cases has also been partly attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic — and vaccine fatigue — hindering efforts to diagnose and treat cases, and to the arrival in the city since spring 2022 of over 100,000 migrants, who are at a heightened risk of developing active tuberculosis infections.
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Didn’t Pres Trump just get castigated for xenophobia for saying that the illegals are bringing disease? Let’s just play dumb and contract diseases that took decades TO eradicate. We are lead by liars and crooks.
Walking on the water down at the Rio Grande doesn’t cure TB. This is Bidenskyyyy’s fault.
I had TB.
It is no joke.
How long did it last? My boss travels from NY back to FL regularly and she’s had a severe cough for a few weeks and took IV antibiotics and has been on oral antibiotics for a couple weeks now. Wouldn’t her Dr. be checking for this if it was TB? How contagious is it as I was around her in close quarters all week.
The left uses “Covid” like a magic wand.
I guess when NYC was declared a sanctuary city, they forgot about diseases, crime and housing issues. Ooops...
Immigrant support tax. Do your part.
A Chicago police precinct that was housing illegals just had to deep clean because of scabies
"Years of budget cuts and staffing shortages have left the New York City Department of Health too hobbled
to contain a sharp rise in local cases of tuberculosis, according to a bombshell new report.
“TB is the top killer of people worldwide among infectious diseases,” Dr. Bruce Hirsch, infectious disease specialist at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y., told The Post.
And there have been about 500 active cases of TB in NYC so far in 2023."
"That’s an increase of about 20% over the same time last year, according to “internal preliminary data” reported by Politico,
making 2023 the worst year for TB infections in a decade..."
"...Hirsch and other medical experts agree: “Everything in the world comes to New York City,” he said.
“Everything is becoming crowded, with [health care] staffing shortages.
Things are much worse in the public health clinic space,” Hirsch said."
“The quality of health care for people in prisons is often superior to the health care on the outside,” he added.
“TB is sneaky and it’s persistent — and it’s well adapted to human beings.”
"The spike in NYC tuberculosis cases has also been partly attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic — and vaccine fatigue — hindering efforts to diagnose and treat cases,
and to the arrival in the city since spring 2022 of over 100,000 migrants, who are at a heightened risk of developing active tuberculosis infections."
Another Covid casualty. /s
So, there is a major deadly disease outbreak and the lead into the story is “Years of budget cuts and staffing shortages...”
I thought TB shots were mandatory. I am pretty sure I got it as a kid we called it the “bubble shot”.
Schools are going to be inundated with diseases of all kinds.
I hope there’s money in the NYC health department to hire several tropical disease experts. It’s only a matter of time before there’s an outbreak of something among the crowds of illegals and their tenders.
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Right, let’s just keep letting these diseased people in the country unabated. They had more sense in the 18th century.
“Bypass the accepted immigration procedures and see what happens - Rite ? “
Are they procedures or are they laws?
Now you are let loose, given a big welfare subsidy, $500/night free hotel stay, and treated with very expensive medical care.
What happened to the "old" way of doing things?
I doubt you got a TB shot unless you were outside of USA
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