"Although it may be inconvenient to some, we understand that immigration is a public health issue as well."
Amen. This is one of those well-known, yet not well-known facts. Way, way back in the 1970s, my husband was diagnosed through a routine, employer requested (he was a public bus system driver) TB skin test, as testing positive. The reason was that he came into contact daily with lots of people, many of whom had not had access to a healthy life or good health care. Long story short, he was intolerant to the TB drug available at the time, told by his doctor not to worry, just drink more milk (an old school remedy for TB) and get more sunshine. He was fine after that, never had an x-ray that showed any problems, and life went on. So, exposure to people carrying TB will increase the level of diagnoses, but doesn't necessarily pose a threat.
Dr. Diaz, did you see this First Opinion article from Stat? It sounds like they are downplaying the issues.
“There is no imminent infectious disease crisis at the border
Declaring one would be a purely political maneuver”
“While it is true that the bulk of U.S. tuberculosis cases occur in foreign-born individuals, these cases usually occur in legal migrants from Asian countries — the largest number of whom are diagnosed decades after arrival. Countries where asylees are fleeing from are not among the five most common countries of birth for U.S. tuberculosis cases.”
"I believe that the cause could be the increased immunosuppression we are seeing currently. Strengthening immune systems will be key to public health safety over the next couple of years. Freedom of information will also be key in this age of outbreaks." Could not agree more however we know what the answer will be from those heavily invested in vaccinations....
"Although it may be inconvenient to some, we understand that immigration is a public health issue as well."
Amen. This is one of those well-known, yet not well-known facts. Way, way back in the 1970s, my husband was diagnosed through a routine, employer requested (he was a public bus system driver) TB skin test, as testing positive. The reason was that he came into contact daily with lots of people, many of whom had not had access to a healthy life or good health care. Long story short, he was intolerant to the TB drug available at the time, told by his doctor not to worry, just drink more milk (an old school remedy for TB) and get more sunshine. He was fine after that, never had an x-ray that showed any problems, and life went on. So, exposure to people carrying TB will increase the level of diagnoses, but doesn't necessarily pose a threat.
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Dr. Diaz, did you see this First Opinion article from Stat? It sounds like they are downplaying the issues.
“There is no imminent infectious disease crisis at the border
Declaring one would be a purely political maneuver”
“While it is true that the bulk of U.S. tuberculosis cases occur in foreign-born individuals, these cases usually occur in legal migrants from Asian countries — the largest number of whom are diagnosed decades after arrival. Countries where asylees are fleeing from are not among the five most common countries of birth for U.S. tuberculosis cases.”
https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/06/title-42-us-mexico-border-infectious-disease-tuberculosis-measles-migrants/
"I believe that the cause could be the increased immunosuppression we are seeing currently. Strengthening immune systems will be key to public health safety over the next couple of years. Freedom of information will also be key in this age of outbreaks." Could not agree more however we know what the answer will be from those heavily invested in vaccinations....
TY Dr Diaz. I hope the US military uses you as a resource since our soldiers are deployed to areas where TB is a problem.
I wonder if some alternative therapeutics would be effective in healing it if caught soon enough. I'm wondering about nebulising, for example.
I read that it's not contagious
Very useful, many thanks Dr Alejandro Diaz
Thank you Dr. Diaz, well done.