Did you miss this quote?"Dr. Denis Daumerie, head of the World Health Organization's leprosy-elimination program, thinks claims of immigrants causing a spike in U.S. leprosy are overstated.
"There is no risk of an epidemic of leprosy," he told Columbia. "There's absolutely no risk that the few immigrants who are affected by the disease, if they are diagnosed and treated, will spread the disease in the U.S."
It would seem you are the one with the biased interpretations.
By the way I was doing a google search and found many sources that back up the claim that illegals are bringing a myriad of diseases back, as well as new ones to the U.S.
raybbr posted:
"'I think he selectively chose sources and mixed quotes to imply that we are on the verge of a leprosy epidemic in the U.S.'
Did you miss this quote?"Dr. Denis Daumerie, head of the World Health Organization's leprosy-elimination program, thinks claims of immigrants causing a spike in U.S. leprosy are overstated.
"There is no risk of an epidemic of leprosy," he told Columbia. "There's absolutely no risk that the few immigrants who are affected by the disease, if they are diagnosed and treated, will spread the disease in the U.S."
It would seem you are the one with the biased interpretations.
By the way I was doing a google search and found many sources that back up the claim that illegals are bringing a myriad of diseases back, as well as new ones to the U.S."
Yeah, I did catch that token quote from a single voice of reason, inserted in the last 10% of an article that was 90% histrionics. And we can talk about other diseases all you want to. TB for example is a much more immediate threat and one that can be more credibly tied, in part at least, to importation from abroad. I'm sure I would find many of your sources persuasive. But this particular article dealt primarily with leprosy, and I don't buy the threat. And I suspect it was chosen specifically for it's sensational appeal.
Just one other question-point: Is the title of this article really reasonable based on the actual circumstances of the threat?