Tuberculosis is rising in the U.S. again. How did we get here?

TB is difficult to diagnose - the bacteria grow slowly, and thus do severity of symptoms. And it is difficult to treat - the bacteria wrap themselves in a waxy sheath, which stops the drugs getting through so they have to be taken over a long period, and the drugs have unpleasant side effects, so people don&#x27;t like taking the long courses. It&#x27;s spread by people living in close proximity for quite long periods, such as may be the result of living in poverty.<p>This all makes it very difficult&#x2F;impossible to eradicate.<p>Speaking as an ex TB lab technician, but not for a long time past.

Its cool that so many people are blaming immigrants and foreign policy and border policy instead of the lack of accessibility to healthcare and affordable treatments or accessibility to preventative care.<p>We truly are in the fuck you and it’s your fault I don’t have mine era.

This is an article from May 2024 about a CDC report published in March. The report itself is more insightful: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cdc.gov&#x2F;mmwr&#x2F;volumes&#x2F;73&#x2F;wr&#x2F;mm7312a4.htm" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cdc.gov&#x2F;mmwr&#x2F;volumes&#x2F;73&#x2F;wr&#x2F;mm7312a4.htm</a>

TB was basicallty gone from the US.<p>Until we accepted millions of unscreened people from outside the US where TB was more common.

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My brother-in-law in the Philippines died from it in 2021. My own brother nearly died from it in the 1950&#x27;s, was treated for 2 years. Our dad worked 2 FT jobs for years to pay the medical bills. He later suffered from 2 heart attacks but made it through thank God.

Simple:<p>1. CDC Funding Cuts<p>2. antibiotic resistance and not profitable to look for other &quot;cures&quot;.<p>3. Poor Health Care Insurance in the US. People do not want to go to the Doctor for fear of the bill.<p>4. Anti-science trend in the US. The last election seemed to prove it is approaching 50%

I’d think the answer here is rather simple… Americans are extremely unhealthy, eat garbage, don’t get sun or exercise, don’t sleep enough, and therefore have weakened immune systems. The last of those appears to be a rather significant indicator for immune health btw, so make sure you’re sleeping enough.

We all know how we got there. Trust in everything has been destroyed including life saving treatments, vaccinations and working interventions.

Legal immigrants are screened for TB if they are from high risk countries. The illegal immigrants don&#x27;t get screened and are the sole cause of the explosion of TB cases in the US. Stop putting your head in the sand.

What about vaccines? In the UK we all have a scar from BCG vaccine

Stay safe!