Posted on 03/12/2022 9:27:37 PM PST by algore
The Russian invasion of Ukraine could be “devastating” for tuberculosis control in eastern Europe, and will cause a “terrible public health tragedy”, Dr Anthony Fauci has warned.
Ukraine reports roughly 30,000 new TB cases annually and has one of the highest rates of multidrug-resistant TB in the world. According to the World Health Organization estimates, Ukraine has the fourth highest TB incidence rate among the 53 countries of the WHO European Region.
“[The war] could be devastating, quite frankly,” Dr Fauci, the chief medical officer of the United States, told The Telegraph in an exclusive interview.
“As a public health official, as a scientist, and as an infectious disease expert, I’m very worried about the disruption that has already happened and that will continue.”
He criticised the “indiscriminate attacks” on the Ukrainians, adding: “Hospitals being moved to cellars, clinics having to close, are going to have a terrible impact on TB and any other diseases – HIV, infectious disease of children.
“[The war] is going to interrupt the vaccine programmes of kids, this is going to be a really terrible public health tragedy – in addition to a terrible tragedy of life lost in war.”
TB remains the second leading infectious killer globally, second only to Covid-19. In 2020 it led to 1.5 million deaths. The WHO has warned that multidrug-resistant TB is a public health crisis and a health security threat.
While TB deaths had decreased since 2005, since the pandemic they have risen. Dr Fauci said this was down to healthcare disruptions, which saw less people diagnosed and therefore not adequately treated
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I thought he was in witness protection. 😆
Tell them to wear a mask Fauci!
Beagle
Love it!
Good doctor—Your time on stage is done—you have used your 15 minutes of fame. You are a Cruel Joke Now. Go put on your double mask and slink away into the sunset. We no longer believe you.
If takes longer to kill, then it has a greater chance to spread.🤔
Do they have vaccines for consumption?
I really don’t know.
I bet they could pull some out of their fauci if there was enough profit involved maybe
Fauci’s sense of world awareness is about nil. At a time when 2 million women and children are searching for refuge and Ukraine is number 21 on the most covid-infected countries, he harps on TB.
WE HAVE IT ALREADY, with all the illegals.
Fauxi needs to go to Ukraine.
Dang...just when we thought he might be gone for good.
Okaaaaay...
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