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Some tuberculosis cases confirmed among migrants in Chicago, health department says
ABC News Local ^ | April 2, 2024 | ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team

Posted on 04/03/2024 6:54:25 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

CHICAGO (WLS) -- On Tuesday, the Chicago Health Department confirmed there are some cases of tuberculosis among migrants newly arrived in the city.

They are not saying exactly how many cases there are, but did say it's a "small number."

The city pointed out that many residents of Central America and South America have latent TB infections, which means they can't pass the virus, but it does cause a positive test result.

The health department said it is taking steps to keep these infections contained.

(Excerpt) Read more at abc7chicago.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: border; illegalaliens; invasion; tuberculosis

1 posted on 04/03/2024 6:54:25 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

All of those crossing, and no TB test?


2 posted on 04/03/2024 7:00:09 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: pepsionice

Yep, the testing requirements were suspended including kids going into our schools another story MSM spiked


3 posted on 04/03/2024 7:03:13 AM PDT by gibsonguy ( )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

TB in this country had been almost eradicated by mass testing and rigorous follow up on any detected cases. However, outbreaks have occurred typically from immigrants who slipped through testing. For example there was a breakout at a Minnesota university traced to a single African student who had failed to get a required TB test. Everyone who had frequent contact with him had to undergo a year of anti TB drugs.

An outbreak of TB in this illegal population would be a nightmare as people who came in close contact and become infected could have been shipped all over the country by the Biden administration.


4 posted on 04/03/2024 7:23:34 AM PDT by The Great RJ ( )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"They are not saying exactly how many cases there are, but did say it's a "small number."

The city pointed out that many residents of Central America and South America have latent TB infections, which means they can't pass the virus.

Anyone here believe that?

5 posted on 04/03/2024 8:13:20 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: gibsonguy

Yes. Found this out before I retired - no TB test required to enroll in the school district I was working in.

The reason given was if the school district mandates the test, they are required to pay for it - and as we all know, billions upon billions are helicoptered into public schools - but there is “never any money.”

On a side note, the test was also decommissioned for teachers - I had to have a TB test every five years (I’m sure I’ve been exposed) - my health care provider (Kaiser) told me they no longer give the test, all they did is ask me if I’d been out of the country or exposed to TB in anyway - and signed off on the card.

A dear friend who is a nurse practitioner told me that the TB test has been linked to gut cancers and that’s why it was discontinued amoung nurses who were mandated to test every year.


6 posted on 04/03/2024 8:17:37 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I wonder if the Chicago Health Department checks for leprosy or the various parasites common in the 3rd world. Probably not.


7 posted on 04/03/2024 8:21:15 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: gibsonguy

I remember after the Gulf War, 12 months later, I was transferring to Germany, and TB test came up....positive. Got it in Saudi Arabia.


8 posted on 04/03/2024 8:25:00 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: The Great RJ
An outbreak of TB in this illegal population would be a nightmare as people who came in close contact and become infected could have been shipped all over the country by the Biden administration.

It's worth it because the Democrats will have permanent rule now.

9 posted on 04/03/2024 8:27:47 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It used to be all immigrants had to undergo a tuberculosis test before being admitted to the U.S. I guess they don’t require that anymore.


10 posted on 04/03/2024 8:31:44 AM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: Dan in Wichita

We are just like the protected chickens in a large chicken house. Not immune to anything and one infected bird gets in and all the chickens die.


11 posted on 04/03/2024 9:35:16 AM PDT by oldasrocks
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12 posted on 04/04/2024 8:42:38 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This is species-ism. Why favor one strain of microbe and attempt to eradicate another. Pro-biotics aid human digestion, Tuberculosis kills humans. But they all look the same until you bring a human microscope into it. All microbes deserve a right to flourish in their human hosts. Everything is not about them./s


13 posted on 04/04/2024 9:59:44 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: SunkenCiv
ELECTION FRAUD ALERT

Killing off native born Americans with third world diseases... Is that the latest democrat tactic?

14 posted on 04/04/2024 10:43:06 AM PDT by GOPJ (Q: What are two things Biden finds at 'Ice Cream Shoppes'? A: Ice cream cones and 6 year old girls.)
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To: GOPJ

Now just a cotton pickin’ minit here. Let’s be fair. They’re not stopping native born Americans from voting just by killing them with dread diseases. They’ll still vote, only their choice of voting Democrat will be assured, since they’ll be dead. So it’s all good.


15 posted on 04/04/2024 10:45:27 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: Eleutheria5

LOL - good one. So it’s a twofer... dead or alive they vote democrat? Nice Eleutheria5


16 posted on 04/04/2024 11:15:00 AM PDT by GOPJ (Q: What are two things Biden finds at 'Ice Cream Shoppes'? A: Ice cream cones and 6 year old girls.)
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To: GOPJ

One way to prevent red-pilling.


17 posted on 04/04/2024 11:22:03 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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