Posted on 10/22/2006 9:59:05 AM PDT by blam
More killer diseases that we got rid of many years ago!
One more good reason for open borders; T B and Leprosy!!
I would have deported her on the spot. She is putting hundreds od Americans at risk!
I agree 100%, but you know how doctors are. They won't turn anyone away just because they can't pay them. They'll just send them to the office and have them get "free service" from the "indigent fund." That fund was set aside for "Americans" and NOT illegals, but the doctors don't care. They take an oath, and the only thing they are concerned about is a sick patient. She's got a daughter living in Albuquerque so she's been living with her. God only knows how many people she has exposed already.
This would never have been tolerated 25 years ago. Twilight Zone!~
TB is only the tip of the iceberg.
The illegals coming in have TB, tape worms, leprosy, and worse.
Their children have not been immunized and will spread these diseases in school.
Why do our politicians ignore the threats?
So you think that doctors are to blame for the diseases the illegals are bringing in?
You think doctors can somehow deport the illegals who are sick?
What about all those hospitals along the border that had to close? Doctors' fault too?
That just doesn't make sense.
Not true ... all LEGAL immigrants are screened medically.
ping
Malaria is the Number One killer of all time. Mosquitos capable of transmitting the disease are already here. It is only a matter of time before malaria parasites get established here.
It's all about costs/benefits. Clearly the politicos believe that the costs (to them) are outweighed by the benefits (to them). Face it, most of their kids don't go to regular public schools, and they don't run in the same crowds as the rest of us plebes (or peons). It's not an issue to them.
susie
Most of them are suffering from a disease - the DGAS syndrome... (don't give a sh**). We mean nothing to them.
But the bedbugs might keep us up at nite....
(tuberculosis, parasites and chronic hepatitis are diseases that are common to African immigrants)
And in many (almost all?)areas they get free medical treatment at taxpayer expense, of course.
Diseases from our illegal immigrants are going to hit us big time, down the road. Thanks to our open border zealot idiots, Pandora's box has been opened. It will take a few years before we see the horrific effect of just the the TB problem, as it takes awhile to infect each person with symptoms. BTW, drug resistent TB has a 60% mortality rate!!!
Some of the diseases they are bringing:
Chagas disease, also called American trypanosomiasis or "kissing bug disease," is transmitted by the reduviid bug, which prefers to bite the lips and face. The protozoan parasite that it carries, Trypanosoma cruzi, infects 18 million people annually in Latin America and causes 50,000 deaths. The disease also infiltrates America's blood supply. Chagas affects blood transfusions and transplanted organs. No cure exists. Hundreds of blood recipients may be silently infected.
Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, was so rare in America that in 40 years only 900 people were afflicted. Suddenly, in the past three years America has more than 7,000 cases of leprosy. Leprosy now is endemic to northeastern states because illegal aliens and other immigrants brought leprosy from India, Brazil, the Caribbean and Mexico.
Dengue fever is exceptionally rare in America, though common in Ecuador, Peru, Vietnam, Thailand, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Mexico. Recently, according to the report, there was a virulent outbreak of dengue fever in Webb County, Texas, which borders Mexico. Though dengue is usually not a fatal disease, dengue hemorrhagic fever routinely kills.
Polio was eradicated from America, but now reappears in illegal immigrants as do intestinal parasites, says the report.
Malaria was obliterated, but now is re-emerging in Texas.
my wife is a nurse in Spokane. She came home today and said that the nurses were fitted for TB masks. They were told to keep all the info to themselves. The person fitting the masks said that we are near epidemic stage for TB nationwide.
Could tell you more stories that would make you very fearful... and this is in Spokane, where illegal immigration is minimal.
Damn, that is scary! You should tell us some of those stories, as we will never hear them anywhere else.
What does "we are near epidemic stage for TB nationwide" mean in layman terms?
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In epidemiology, an epidemic (from Greek epi- upon + demos people) is a disease that appears as new cases in a given human population, during a given period, at a rate that substantially exceeds what is "expected", based on recent experience (the number of new cases in the population during a specified period of time is called the "incidence rate"). (An epizootic is the same thing but for a nonhuman population.)
Defining a epidemic can be subjective, depending in part on what is "expected". An epidemic may be restricted to one local (an outbreak), more general (an "epidemic") or even global (pandemic). Because it is based on what is "expected" or thought normal, a few cases of a very rare disease like rabies may be classified as an "epidemic", while many cases of a common disease (like the common cold) would not.
Common diseases that occur at a constant but relatively high rate in the population are said to be "endemic". An example of an endemic disease is malaria in some parts of Africa (for example, Liberia) in which a large portion of the population is expected to get malaria at some point in their lifetimes.
Famous examples of epidemics include the bubonic plague epidemic of Medieval Europe known as the Black Death, the Great Influenza Pandemic concurring with the end of World War I, and the current AIDS epidemic, which some also consider to be of pandemic proportions.
Thanks blam. I was hoping Tahoe would share what she learned recently.
Everyone should read this, and don't forget to send it to the "leaders" in Washington and in the individual states, whether they care or not.
Let them know that we know they're sitting around allowing this invasion of disease, poverty, ignorance and dependence to continue.
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