One of every five refugees resettled in Minnesota by the federal government tested positive for latent tuberculosis in 2014, according to the state’s Department of Health.
Only 4 percent of the general population in the United States tested positive for latent tuberculosis in the most recent report provided by the Centers for Disease Control.
The April 2016 edition of the Refugee Health Quarterly, published by the Minnesota Department of Health reports that Minnesota had 150 cases of TB in 2015, compared to 147 cases in 2014 (a 2 percent increase).
The most common risk factor for TB cases in Minnesota is being from a country where TB is common.
TB screening is offered to all refugees during the domestic refugee health exam. In 2014, 22 percent of refugees screened tested positive for LTBI (latent tuberculosis infection).
Twenty-six percent of all foreign born cases of tuberculosis in Minnesota were from people born in Somalia. Somalians almost exclusively enter the state through the refugee resettlement program.
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9 comments:
This is another problem the United States is going to have bringing all these people in the country illegally. We do not know what kind of diseases they are bringing with them. Are they checking these people out at all???
Muslim capital of the United States
They need to pass a law or an "executive order" that our president likes to do so much to hold these people until they have their shots. I don't give a dam about their beliefs. Most of the country doesn't believe in them coming here and the government isn't abiding by our beliefs.
An you say we can't seal our borders. Why not with this as an example. It is bad enough I have to pay high premiums for the lazy bums / Obamanites who want something for nothing.
Why were they not screened at the border an then denied entry? Let their own countries cure them first. Why is this now our problem INSIDE our own borders????
Build the wall and test them there.
My kids don't need to get TB.
I've been to Somalia. It's a horrible place.
Don't worry, we the tax payers will be paying for it.
We have existing immigration laws to prevent these people from entering the country. This is why we have BORDERS & airPORTS, to keep these diseases and criminals out of our Sovereign Nation.
You can thank the Lutheran Church for destroying the greater Minneapolis area by importing third-world savages who have never used a toilet before coming here.It is not working out well.
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