Loading ...Tuberculosis Cases Reported In Chicago’s Immigrant Shelters
“Anyone who demanded action to protect our residents was called racist, xenophobic, and anti-immigrant by fringe politicians…”
Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) officials confirmed in a media statement a “small number” of tuberculosis cases at city-run immigrant shelters but did not state which shelters or how many people are affected.
https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/tuberculosis-cases-reported-chicagos-immigrant-shelters
Tuberculosis outbreak at Chicago migrant shelters sparks urgent contact tracing as officials say a FIFTH of Latin American arrivals carry the disease
The Chicago Department of Public Health said ‘a small number of cases’ were reported ‘in a few different shelters’ around the city.
Health officials confirmed a fifth of Latin American arrivals carry TB, but it usually latent, not contagious, and asymptomatic.
The TB cases come after 55 measles cases were detected in the city, the majority originating from the Pilsen migrant shelter
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13272759/tuberculosis-outbreak-chicago-migrant-shelters-urgent-contact-tracing.html