Hood-rich
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Tuberculosis in MN, refugee vetting fail
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Quote:The number of active tuberculosis (TB) cases diagnosed in Minnesota increased 12 percent in 2016 to 168, up from 150 one year earlier, according to the Minnesota Department of Health’s (MDH) Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Program’s Quarterly Surveillance Report, October 1, 2016 – December 31, 2016.
Ninety percent of these 168 cases (152 of 168) were foreign-born, significantly higher than the national 2016 average of 67.9 percent of active TB cases that were foreign-born.
Eleven of these 14 cases of active TB in refugees were actually diagnosed in pre-immigration exams overseas before their arrival in Minnesota – a remarkable situation that would have either violated U.S. law or required the granting of a waiver by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) office within the Department of Homeland Security, since active TB is a “Class A” health risk which is prohibited entry to the U.S. without such a waiver.
Eleven of these 14 cases of active TB in refugees were actually diagnosed in pre-immigration exams overseas before their arrival in Minnesota – a remarkable situation that would have either violated U.S. law or required the granting of a waiver by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) office within the Department of Homeland Security, since active TB is a “Class A” health risk which is prohibited entry to the U.S. without such a waiver.
Three of these 14 cases of active TB in refugees were diagnosed during the refugee health exams conducted after their arrival in the United States.
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UofMstateU
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RE: Tuberculosis in MN, refugee vetting fail
I feel sorry for the general working public who gets TB and who is stuck with Obamacare. THATS going to be expensive.
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05-04-2017 10:19 PM |
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Bull_Is_Back
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RE: Tuberculosis in MN, refugee vetting fail
Great..... The fact someone *knowingly* allowed TB into the US is infuriating.
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shere khan
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RE: Tuberculosis in MN, refugee vetting fail
Good job Minnesota.
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05-04-2017 11:42 PM |
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RE: Tuberculosis in MN, refugee vetting fail
(05-04-2017 11:05 PM)Bull_Is_Back Wrote: Great..... The fact someone *knowingly* allowed TB into the US is infuriating.
Sounds like the employee who let them in knowing that should be jailed.
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05-05-2017 07:08 AM |
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RE: Tuberculosis in MN, refugee vetting fail
TB is rare here. Some places like the former Soviet Union, nearly everyone has exposure. It could easily get spread here. One of the treatments for exposure is taking medicine every day for a year.
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05-05-2017 07:10 AM |
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TigerBlue4Ever
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RE: Tuberculosis in MN, refugee vetting fail
One could almost think that events such as these are orchestrated with the intention of taking us down by whatever means available.
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05-05-2017 07:13 AM |
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Kaplony
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RE: Tuberculosis in MN, refugee vetting fail
How is this possible? The leftists on here and elsewhere assured us that the vetting was substantial.
Is there anything that the Obama administration didn't **** up?
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05-05-2017 07:18 AM |
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Hood-rich
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RE: Tuberculosis in MN, refugee vetting fail
(05-05-2017 07:18 AM)Kaplony Wrote: How is this possible? The leftists on here and elsewhere assured us that the vetting was substantial.
Is there anything that the Obama administration didn't **** up?
Yeah one is from MN.
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05-05-2017 07:35 AM |
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LeFlâneur
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RE: Tuberculosis in MN, refugee vetting fail
Someone will likely suggest this is a "one-off."
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05-05-2017 07:47 AM |
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PlainTiger
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RE: Tuberculosis in MN, refugee vetting fail
does it matter? We have thousands upon thousands coming here "undocumented" every year, likely bringing diseases we try to control into our country. Fixing the issue with the ones we actually do know about seems about like fixing one out of ten holes in a dike but leaving the other nine. You're still going to get flooded.
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