The New York Post reports that "[p]rovisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that 10,260 tuberculosis cases were reported nationwide in 2025, including a staggering 967 in New York alone." The article warns, though, that "the real toll could be even higher. TB symptoms are often mistaken for more common illnesses like the flu or RSV, meaning cases can be missed or treatment delayed." Unmentioned is the link to immigration. In fact, the article is unusual because all of the stock photos used in it only show white people, and the title of the article calls TB the "white plague".
However, it is very much tied to immigration from third world countries. As a recent (Sept. 2025) study showed, "Over 70% of people with TB in the United States were born or lived outside of the country in settings with a high incidence of TB, with over 90% of these diagnoses attributed to reactivation of asymptomatic or latent TB infection (LTBI) acquired before immigration." People who support immigration support the spreading of deadly diseases to the U.S.
I wonder if this bacteria is one of the "new infections spreading around the country" that a nurse mentioned to me recently. She was incredibly non-specific and undetailed in her comments.
ReplyDeleteI've been reading about TB outbreaks in the local public schools for several years. Of course, even back then, we were being overrun with invaders.
ReplyDeleteUnacceptable.
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