Health officials in the sanctuary city of Chicago, Illinois, reported several tuberculosis outbreaks at immigrant shelters.
Officials from the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) revealed “During the response, there are “a small number of cases” of tuberculosis (TB) among new arrivals at several different evacuation centers.
A CDPH spokesperson noted that countries where immigrants arrive in the United States have higher rates of tuberculosis.
It is important to note that an estimated 10-20% of the population of Latin America has a latent TB infection.Although the virus is asymptomatic and cannot be transmitted to others, it can result in a positive tuberculosis test. For active TB cases, CDPH will assign each individual a nurse case manager and conduct contact tracing. Although tuberculosis is treatable with antibiotics and is not particularly contagious, requiring close contact for an extended period of time (more than a few hours) for the infection to spread, CDPH recommends that to keep tuberculosis contained, We continue to take cases seriously. To date, CDPH has not confirmed any reports of tuberculosis due to contact with new arrivals to Chicago. [Emphasis added]
Tuberculosis is not a new or rarely seen disease in Chicago, as the Chicago Department of Public Health typically expects to see 100 to 150 cases. Annual tuberculosis incidence among Chicago residents. While we will continue to provide treatment to individuals as needed and take appropriate precautions to eliminate spread, we do not believe this is an issue that poses a significant threat to the public. [Emphasis added]
CDPH officials did not disclose the exact number of tuberculosis cases among immigrants or the location of the shelter where the tuberculosis cases occurred.
Chicago City Councilman Raymond Lopez (D), who has campaigned for an end to the city’s sanctuary policy, accused Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) and city officials of ignoring public health concerns associated with mass immigration. did.
“I’ve been warning Chicago for months about what’s already here,” Lopez said. I have written:
Performative politics and hurt feelings prevented City Hall from averting what was clearly an impending disaster. Anyone demanding action to protect residents was called racist, xenophobe, and anti-immigrant by fringe politicians. [Emphasis added]
And now we have: Measles and now tuberculosis have both been “confirmed” in Chicago. Shame on all the mouthpieces who worked so hard to keep this secret. [Emphasis added]
I don’t expect an apology or an enlightened response from those who deny the performance. They never allowed facts to get in the way of their story. but, Chicagoans have to make demands on a daily basis. [Chicago Mayor] And his cronies take this seriously. Demand U.S. vaccination standards for all asylum seekers and their children At the inner [Chicago Public Schools]and stop silencing the truth. [Emphasis added]
In March, a small number of immigrants tested positive for measles in Chicago. In 2023, reports of migrants with flu-like symptoms piling up in shelters sparked widespread alarm.
New York City, another sanctuary city that has welcomed waves of immigrants under President Joe Biden, has also seen cases of tuberculosis as well as polio as a result.
The Biden administration has been reluctant to detail the number of migrants arriving at the border with a variety of illnesses and illnesses that have long been nearly eradicated in the United States, but a court-ordered report by the administration in 2023 According to reports, thousands of unaccompanied foreign nationals were found. Children with inactive tuberculosis were released into the interior of the United States.
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