Posted on 12/13/2015 4:56:16 AM PST by HomerBohn
A hazardous insect from Latin America known as the triatomine bug, or "kissing bug," has found its way to more than half the United States, serving as a reminder that a porous border lets in more than just human beings.
"We have a border security problem, no question about that, and part of the border security problem is a significant health problem," said Dr. Lee Hieb, an orthopedic surgeon and past president of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons.
The kissing bug has been known to carry a parasite that causes Chagas disease, which can be fatal if left untreated. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there are currently about 300,000 cases of Chagas in the U.S., but most of those people were infected in Latin America.
Dr. Jane Orient, executive director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, made a connection between the large immigrant influx from Latin America and the appearance of the triatomine bug in 28 different states.
"I think that if we have a lot more people coming from endemic areas into the United States, and they're not being screened for this, and they're going to an area where there's the vector, then the chances are that the disease will be spreading more inside the United States," Orient told WND.
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"Obamacare's already a disaster. How can we, in good conscience, say the American taxpayer is deserving of taking care of all the world's sick? Nobody can do that. So what it's going to degrade is our own health care."
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Globalization is a scam being played on us. Our traitors and the uniformed electorate are too involved in their latest "smart" phones to look around and see what's really happening to this nation.
Each imported disease should be renamed after
Obama and a member of the complicit Congress,
so that families of the dead in the future
will remember FOREVER why and how these diseases,
previously absent and cured, were inflicted
by Quartering by the EXEMPT.
For Obama, this is a benefit!
So you want to call this “The Kissing Obama” disease, or “ChIraqMex” ?
We are the hold outs for thier utopia and they will throw everything at us, jihad, race war, epidemics, government spying and regulation, demoralization, protection for our enemies within, financial collapse, destuction of industry and jobs,immigrant invasion, nuff sed
The miracle is that not just in the US, but globally, that there hasn't been a problem with pandemics, with all the recreational warfare going on and with the mass migrations of people. In the US, I would suspect that the disease is under-reported.
The media is saying NOTHING about this. I would hypothesize that a large majority of the population doesn't even know about the severity of the threat.
Thanks for the information.
‘Does America really need a plague in order to wake up apathetic Americans?’
Does America really need ISIS sleeper cells to awaken in order to pay attention to what’s happening in the country?
Nothing gets Mom, Dad, and the kids away from the tube, the table, and the summer seaside.
That may be a virtue or it may be a vice, but I suspect it’s definitely the case.
How many “dad’s” are willing to put down their tablets and phones and actually fight for their kids futures?
Not 3% apparently....
Importing plagues, importing terrorist, stirring the racial divide, destroying the economy, anyone that thinks it’s just incompetence is a kook.
You are right people better wake up or better yet pull their heads out of their butts.
America as we knew it even ten years ago is gone forever.
And not at all for the better.
Not only do we steer away from flying due to the intrusive DHS, but now we have to avoid any motels these filthy invaders might use.
Obama’s immigration policy — ‘aint it grand?
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... can be fatal if left untreated ... currently about 300,000 cases of Chagas in the U.S., but most of those people were infected in Latin America ... [and need Zero-care to survive].”
There is no such thing as a quote, Hispanic race, unquote.It is a strawman invented by so called liberals. That term has been applied to those from individual South American countries some of which have governments hostile to US and actually claim parts of this country as theirs, and others which are friendly. They are composed of various races as we are, with the difference being their primary common language is Spanish.
This destructive utopian Mexican open border approach of even considering granting those who enter the US illegally through it. Besides bringing in all sorts of uncontrolable diseases. Entitlement to all benefits beyond those of what we give to our citizens destroys the value of an American citizenship. It is being promoted by the name callers mostly in socialist circles such as the democrat party as well some republicans who use such terms as nativist promoting racial division .
What we should be doing is taking a very very hard look at our relationship with Mexico along with trade and its myriad misstreatment of Americans as 3rd class citizens and its claims on American territory . There is no doubt there are hundreds of complaints, if not thousands, from American citizens who have retired there. Along with travelers running to American consulates about conditions that are going unreported because of this Mexican policy
While we are expected to allow Mexican citizens enter to our country illegally and offer them preferential treatment over our citizens allowing them to purchase land in their own name and and even voting privledges which they cannot do if they choose to retire in Mexico.
The leading Republican candidates and that includes Trump may mention some of this but thus far have refused to identify the problem let alone properly redress it by suggesting or implementing reciprocity.
Since the Mexicans are permitting foreigners transit through their country for illegal entry into ours. Any person entering illegally through that open border whether a bona fide citizen of Mexico or not should be treated as if they were a Mexican and tossed back to Mexico and let Mexico deal with them. Illegals should be offered the same rights as Americans. No property ownership and voting rights let alone access to the multitude of costly programs comm9ng out of US taxpayer pockets.
If reciprocity were implemented there would be no need to worry about who will pay for walls or border fences.Illegals would leave on their own accord . And the value of being an American citizen restored.
Thank you illegal aliens for bringing our society this “gift”. Thank you LIBs/RINos and other worthless one-worlders.
Chagas disease does not spread from person to person and therefore has no pandemic potential.
Diseases that can become pandemic are spread by the respiratory route. That is why there is so much concern about influenza and any new airborne disease.
I live in TX. Chagas is not new here, but wasn’t routinely tested for as it was thought to be largely, in MX, and South America. I first heard about it in 7th grade science class in the 60’s.
We’ve had human and animal cases in my County in Central TX.
Since human to human cases, except via blood transfusion are rare, I think looking at the disease vectors is important.
One of the disease vectors for Chaga’s in TX is possums. The anal sacs of the varmints is a reservoir for it
The primary wildlife reservoirs for Trypanosoma cruzi in the United States include opossums, raccoons, armadillos, squirrels, woodrats, and mice. Opossums are particularly important as reservoirs, because the parasite can complete its life cycle in the anal glands of this animal without having to re-enter the insect vector. Recorded prevalence of the disease in opossums in the U.S. ranges from 8.3% to 37.5%.
Studies on raccoons in the Southeast have yielded infection rates ranging from 47% to as low as 15.5%. Armadillo prevalence studies have been described in Louisiana, and range from a low of 1.1% to 28.8%. Additionally, small rodents, including squirrels, mice, and rats, are important in the sylvatic transmission cycle because of their importance as bloodmeal sources for the insect vectors. A Texas study revealed 17.3% percent T. cruzi prevalence in 75 specimens representing four separate small rodent species.
Just another “wildly popular” benefit from the DemocRATS’ “diversity and multiculturalism is our strength” illegal alien invasion program.
Elites in DC aren’t getting these diseases - why should they give a damn about how Americans in flyover are doing?
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