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Tijuana Health Officials: More Than One-Third of Caravan Riders Have Infectious Diseases
Townhall.com ^ | November 29, 2018 | Beth Bauman

Posted on 11/29/2018 7:13:28 PM PST by Kaslin

According to the Tijuana Health Department, more than one-third of those who rode the caravan from Central America are being treated for an illness. Out of the 6,000 illegal aliens who are currently in Tijuana, 2,267 of them are are ill. Diseases include respiratory infections, tuberculosis, chickenpox and other more serious conditions, Fox News reported. 

The Tijuana Health Department spokesperson who spoke with Fox News confirmed that there are:
• Three confirmed cases of tuberculosis.
• Four cases of HIV/AIDS.
• Four separate cases of chickenpox.
• At least 101 have lice.
• Multiple skin infections.

The department is also warning about a potential Hepatitis outbreak because the caravan riders are living in unsanitary conditions. Part of that is because thousands of the illegal aliens are being housed at the Benito Juarez Sports Complex near the San Ysidro United States-Mexico Port of Entry. The shelter is only designed to hold 1,000 people and has 35 port-a-potties for them.

"People aren't able to take showers, they sleep on the floor, nobody is cleaning the bathrooms, so the conditions are there for a major infection,' Carlos Betanzos, a coordinator for Ministerios Nazarenos de Compasión, an Evangelical aid group, told The Daily Mail. "We've had lung disease, flu, diarrhea, hypertension. One guy yesterday had chicken pox - but thankfully just one."

Betanzos said their main concern right now is the flu, which is likely to spread amongst the group because colder temperatures and rain are beginning to set in.

"The main danger is flu because it's getting colder and it's going to rain. If there is chicken pox it will be impossible to stop, it could infect thousands. f nothing changes it's a case of when, not if, there is a major outbreak of disease," Betanzos explained. "I would love to say there will not be deaths here, but it can happen because there are not enough doctors and medicine. The government was not ready for this many people."

The living conditions are unbearable, which is causing some of the caravan riders to self-deport. Around 80 self-deported on Tuesday alone. Mexican officials did deport 98 people who were involved in the border clash with Border Patrol on Sunday. 

Clara Daniela, 17, and her boyfriend, Jose Hernandez, 25, fled El Salvador when Daniela's cousin was killed for not joining a gang. They brought along their one-year-old Fernando.

According to the Tijuana Health Department, more than one-third of those who rode the caravan from Central America are being treated for an illness. Out of the 6,000 illegal aliens who are currently in Tijuana, 2,267 of them are are ill. Diseases include respiratory infections, tuberculosis, chickenpox and other more serious conditions, Fox News reported. 

The Tijuana Health Department spokesperson who spoke with Fox News confirmed that there are:
• Three confirmed cases of tuberculosis.
• Four cases of HIV/AIDS.
• Four separate cases of chickenpox.
• At least 101 have lice.
• Multiple skin infections.

The department is also warning about a potential Hepatitis outbreak because the caravan riders are living in unsanitary conditions. Part of that is because thousands of the illegal aliens are being housed at the Benito Juarez Sports Complex near the San Ysidro United States-Mexico Port of Entry. The shelter is only designed to hold 1,000 people and has 35 port-a-potties for them.

"People aren't able to take showers, they sleep on the floor, nobody is cleaning the bathrooms, so the conditions are there for a major infection,' Carlos Betanzos, a coordinator for Ministerios Nazarenos de Compasión, an Evangelical aid group, told The Daily Mail. "We've had lung disease, flu, diarrhea, hypertension. One guy yesterday had chicken pox - but thankfully just one."

Betanzos said their main concern right now is the flu, which is likely to spread amongst the group because colder temperatures and rain are beginning to set in.

"The main danger is flu because it's getting colder and it's going to rain. If there is chicken pox it will be impossible to stop, it could infect thousands. f nothing changes it's a case of when, not if, there is a major outbreak of disease," Betanzos explained. "I would love to say there will not be deaths here, but it can happen because there are not enough doctors and medicine. The government was not ready for this many people."

The living conditions are unbearable, which is causing some of the caravan riders to self-deport. Around 80 self-deported on Tuesday alone. Mexican officials did deport 98 people who were involved in the border clash with Border Patrol on Sunday. 

Clara Daniela, 17, and her boyfriend, Jose Hernandez, 25, fled El Salvador when Daniela's cousin was killed for not joining a gang. They brought along their one-year-old Fernando.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: aliens; illegalimigration; invasion; mexico; tijuana
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To: HollyB

Thanks Ms. Holly for the ping.

Put me on your invasion ping list if you have one?


101 posted on 11/30/2018 8:52:15 AM PST by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-)
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To: FoundinTexas
Really? Not in my experience. In the town over from me, Lakewood , NJ the bastards were living twenty to a house and in most cases they had chickens running around the property. Why is it when in Mexico one is advised not to drink the water? And as to cleanliness, I suppose in your estimation we Americans are filthy?
102 posted on 11/30/2018 9:31:52 AM PST by jmacusa (Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: King Moonracer
Cool tagname. Cockroaches is right. Apparently there are some here who think Mexicans are the salt of the Earth and we, well, me for one are bigoted troglodytes. I hate Mexico and it's people. I don't give a DAMN how anyone else feels about them. They have been violating our borders and our sovereignty for decades and where I live, NJ, my property taxes pay for education. Every time these bastards put their kids in a pubic school my property taxes go up. Has everyone here forgotten May 2006? Do you remember what happened o May 1, 2006? I haven't.
103 posted on 11/30/2018 9:38:50 AM PST by jmacusa (Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: HollyB

They’ll be forced to leave.


104 posted on 12/01/2018 9:31:23 AM PST by Patriot777 ("When you see these things begin to happen, look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.")
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To: Louis Foxwell

When anyone sees the word “sickest” in this situation, the worst of diseases comes to mind—and likely why the CDC was sent to fetch these particular people out; they’re going to run tests on them in a controlled environment to find out exactly what of these highly contagious and deadly diseases they have, in order to be able to brief the President on the definitive results and thus give him the proof he needs to close the entire Southern Border indefinitely and declare a national emergency across the entire location.

There will likely be a national address by President Trump to present this information to the American people and make those and possibly more declarations. The liberals may try to turn the whole situation into a panic-fest (or whatever they believe they can use this for to further their agenda). Hence, it would be prudent for our President to also declare that if any member of Congress or any other government entity employee or group tries to incite panic or unrest, they will be immediately subjected to arrest and charged to the fullest extent of the law.


105 posted on 12/01/2018 9:54:10 AM PST by Patriot777 ("When you see these things begin to happen, look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.")
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To: caww

Can be an audition.


106 posted on 12/01/2018 2:13:10 PM PST by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: BunnySlippers

He’s so mean. What if they had something really infectious and deadly, like Ebola or the bubonic plague. What would Lady Liberty say./sarc


107 posted on 12/01/2018 3:46:40 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: HollyB

“They are moving everyone to a different location. I have a video of it if anyone he wants up see it. It’s indoor and outdoor. Best of all, it’s 11 miles from the border. You can see the border where they were earlier today and over the last couple if weeks. There’s a final count of 8,800 people.”

Actually, these camps may have been the Soros/Bloomberg goal all along. Refugee camps near Israel run by the UN have been radicalized and are major sources of terrorism. Refugee camps in Mexico will go the same way.

Short of getting these folks back to their homes, there is no good solution for America.


108 posted on 12/03/2018 3:53:00 PM PST by ModelBreaker
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To: Patriot777

Thanks for posting this.


109 posted on 12/04/2018 9:32:47 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Why are the libs suddenly in love with our fired AG/ and want to protect him?)
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To: Grampa Dave

You’re welcome. :-)


110 posted on 12/18/2018 1:56:58 PM PST by Patriot777 ("When you see these things begin to happen, look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.")
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To: Kaslin

Add one more inconvenient truth for the open-borders zealots.


111 posted on 12/18/2018 2:01:29 PM PST by windsorknot
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