“Close to nine out of 10 (88%) of these TB cases are people born outside the United States,” it noted. “Every neighborhood in the city has had at least one case.”
New York City Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan publicly announced that illegal crossers are bringing a new wave of tuberculosis and polio. They are supposed to vet for this!
Since the crossers are now everywhere in the country, we should look to see if the wave is everywhere.
In a citywide letter to physicians and healthcare administrators last week, Vasan said:
“Many people who recently arrived in NYC have lived in or traveled through countries with high rates of TB,” he wrote, as the New York Post reported. More than half were not vaccinated against Polio or TB.
According to the Post, the city’s TB rate is more than double the national rate, with 6.1 cases per 100,000.
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