Posted on 06/05/2014 2:27:37 PM PDT by thetallguy24
When most people think of diseases such as measles and tuberculosis, they imagine Dickensian images of a bygone era before the advent of widespread vaccinations and disease ridden slums. After all, tuberculosis did to Doc Holliday what so many others were unable to, kill him. While we may associate these as being a dangerous threat from a simpler time, there are alarming new trends that suggest they are making a comeback. In the year 2013, the Center for Disease Control recorded the highest number of both tuberculosis and measles in the last twenty years, which begs the question, in the age of widespread vaccination against such ailments, what is causing this sudden upswing?
First, it is important to delve into how these diseases are even spread in the first place. Thanks to the widespread use of vaccinations in the United States over the last fifty years, the CDC estimates that approximately 90-95% of the U.S. population is immune to diseases, such as TB and measles. This percentage rate has resulted in what the medical community calls “herd immunity.” This term suggests that because such a large percentage of the population is protected, it is extremely difficult for diseases to spread, even to those who may not be immunized. However, in the last two decades there have been several communities in which this herd immunity has declined significantly.
In August of 2013, an outbreak of measles was declared among members of the Eagle Mountain International Church, northwest of Dallas, where twenty-one parishioners were confirmed to have the disease and had to be treated. The disease was initially brought back to the U.S. by a visitor to the church who had recently returned from traveling overseas. It quickly spread among the unprotected churchgoers who were not vaccinated over fears that such vaccines are linked to autism. While normally the disease would be unable to spread due to herd immunity, this case illustrates the danger these diseases still pose when this immunity is weakened in communities that have high percentages of people who are not protected.
Alongside measles, tuberculosis is also making a comeback in the United States. California, Texas, and New York all reported over 500 new cases of the disease in 2013 alone. And while recent measles outbreaks can be directly attributed to anti-vaccination communities, the spread in tuberculosis has been most widely seen in the two largest immigrant groups to the United States, those from Mexico and China. According to a CDC risk assessment, those born in a foreign country are the most likely to be afflicted with tuberculosis, as they may not have received the proper immunizations to protect them. However, according to the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1996, the INS must require would-be immigrants to the United States to prove that they have received all necessary immunizations before entering the country.
The over representation of tuberculosis in foreign-born communities suggests one of two things, either the INS is not up to snuff in requiring proper documentation for entering immigrants, or immigrants from China and Mexico are coming to the United States illegally with these diseases and are not subject to normal INS protocol designed to keep diseases from getting into the country. Regardless of which possibility is responsible, this represents a direct threat to the populace of the United States. As more and more people enter the country, unprotected from communicable disease, the heard immunity rate decreases and makes it much easier for these diseases to spread across the population.
Sadly, the people most affected by this are the children in our schools. Because of the consistent contact with numerous different people day in and day out, the chances of a communicable taking hold there are much higher. In 2011, over 200 people were confirmed to have latent tuberculosis infections that were initially spread by only one individual. In the last year Irving ISD had two scares which resulted in over 100 people testing positive for TB.
A recent survey of incoming refugees and immigrants in which 7.5% tested positive for a Class A or Class B medical condition, which includes TB, syphilis, chancroid, gonorrhea, leprosy, and HIV. According to US Census Bureau figures, there are approximately 11 illegal immigrants living in the United States, many of which may not have received the same protections against communicable diseases as you and I. If that same percentage was applied to the illegal immigrant population, then roughly 825,000 would have these medical conditions. This biological threat is not limited those diseases; however, as there has been a recent outbreak of the parasite scabies among Border Patrol Agents that were contracted while apprehending those who would seek to enter the country illegally. This vulnerability to such pathogens and parasites not only poses a risk to the unprotected themselves, but to the population of the United States as a whole. As the world we live in gets smaller and smaller, it is imperative that we take the necessary steps to ensure we are doing all we can to prevent the spread of these diseases within our borders.
Undocumented Democrats ?
Illegals period. Leparsy is back in this country thanks to...illegals.
Biggest source of contagion is parents who make their sick kids go to school, or companies who penalize for absences, making workers feel like they have no choice but to go to work....
Looks like everyone knows the answer.....but hey, that was an easy one.
;)
Border Landmines:
It’s okay because IT’S FOR THE CHILDREN.
Queers.
Queers with AIDS have suppressed immune systems, requiring them to take massive amounts of antibiotics. They live wanton life styles and spread drug resistant diseases.
And the diseases are not all TB. Things like drug resistance staph are the direct result of queers.
Just another aspect of the traitorous Obozo remaking America into a third world diseased ridden cesspool. Gotta make the mass unwashed from south of our border and from other diseased countries feel right at home.
1. Global Warming
2. Republicans
3. George Bush
4. Tea Party
5. Racism
6. Inequality
7. War on Women
8. Bitter Clingers
9. Wal-Mart
10. ALL THE ABOVE...........................got it?....................
11. Koch Brothers
I remember when AIDS was called GRID, I said that it turned those that have it into TB pitri dishes. Not to mention all the other ailments they get.
And here we are...
Gee, I wonder.
The general ignorance of the native populace regarding health and hygiene, combined with the general ignorance and exposure to disease of incoming foreign populations.
Yes, you’re so right. Can’t forget those evil Koch brothers, now can we?..................
And why travel to foreign countries should be prohibited. Oh, wait.
Illegal immigration from the Third World.
Let’s not forget Homosexuals. They have a tendency to spread social diseases.
Hand sanitizer worship. That stuff actually kills a very low percentage of bugs, and generally only the weakest ones. which keeps our immune system from getting work against the easy targets and makes sure we only get exposed to the strong ones our now weakened immune system can’t handle.
Yep, AND by liberal elites who travel to third world countries to 'feel' superior - oops, I mean to 'do good'....
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