Doctors Warn of Looming Health Crisis Due to Flood of Young Illegal Immigrants

Breitbart ^ | June 23, 2014 | Dr. Susan Berry

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Many of the thousands of illegal immigrant children and teens crossing the United States border are carrying deadly contagious diseases that could easily create a major health crisis in this country, doctors say.

In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, Dr. Jane Orient, an internal medicine specialist and the Executive Director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), said that by admitting these huge groups of children who come from countries where medical screenings are minimal and hygiene is poor, the United States is at risk for epidemics of serious diseases and viruses that the nation has not seen in years.

“Tuberculosis (TB) is the single most dangerous disease because it is highly contagious and can be easily picked up at the mall, at a school, or on the bus,” Orient told Breitbart News. “Cases coming from south of the U.S. border can be very resistant to medications. They don’t respond to traditional antibiotics, and the few drugs they may respond to are often toxic, with lots of side effects.”

“Legal immigrants have always been required to undergo health screenings,” Orient continued, “but these kids coming have no medical screenings and no vaccine records. They’re likely coming here with a number of infectious diseases that will spread like wildfire.”

“Norovirus is also an extremely contagious virus with symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea,” she explained. “All we need is one outbreak of that virus and we would have an overwhelming public health crisis.”

“We use a lot of intravenous fluids to rehydrate people who have these types of illnesses. What if we have a shortage of IV fluids? Our emergency rooms would be overloaded.”

[CodeToad]

Nothing has changed. Obama is simply using children as props. I bet the vast majority of them have parents already here.

[Tennessee Nana]

Ya think ???

[pfflier]

What a great idea to put disease infested kids at Lackland AFB Fort Sill.

[cradle of freedom]

Coming to a public school kindergarten near you.

[Liz]

Opportunistic Hollywood already has the film rights.....gonna call it "Infecting America."

The plot centers on a 3-year old toddler who made it across the border alone, through a thousand miles of Central American jungles and drug cartel territory.

He goes to pre-school and infects the class w/ assorted deadly jungle diseases.

HAPPY HOLLYWOOD ENDING------the 3-year old grows up and meets the mother who abandoned him for the first time. But, hey, no hard feelings.

Mamsita had also violated the US border and got a job flipping hamburgers for $7.50 an hour. She managed to buy a $300,000 home and had $200,000 in the bank......but she never forgot her little boy---she claimed him every year on her EITC refunds.