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The CDC lied through their teeth.
The CDC went on record as saying that the risk fellow passengers had of getting infected by this XDR TB positive woman while she was on the plane from India was "low" and I do not trust the CDC for saying what common sense tells me is simply not true. She was being treated for TB in India when she got on the plane for the UAE and then the USA. I found a Dr. Sehgal referring to an FAA study that contradicts the CDC's idiocy, and calling out the CDC on the basis of that study....2cnd to last Dr's comment
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Patient With XDR TB Sets Off Contacts Hunt

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Dr. Ghulam Mustafa 13 hours ago
It's better to evaluate at airport fromwhere starting journey. As being global issue every country must participate.

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Noriel Mariano 21 hours ago
I think TB screening on immigrants as well as tourists aren't consistently enforced and may vary even in high risk countries like India, China etc. If everyone were to get an X-ray, physical exam and certified by a physician from a U.S. sanctioned or accredited hospital, we would greatly reduce these cases. This patient had documented history! I don't understand why we don't have a mechanism in place.

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Dr. ann Carroll 3 days ago
In the 1980's NYC suffered an outbreak of MDR-TB, and Dr. Paula Fujiwara (Univ. of Calif. San Francisco) required 2 billion $ (B!) to snuff it out. Her monograph described even that early XDR-TB existed, and all such.identifiable patients were sequestrated/isolated until proven cured.

At that time, NYC's Chief TB Officer was Dr. Fujiwara - who extinguished that outbreak in record time, silently. I saw no reference to it in either medical or lay publications.



Her Monograph is short, pointed, blunt in defining what measures were essential to New York City's victory. Strongly recommend you physician Sherlock Holmes chase down a copy. Her data and observations are memorable.


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ysel altamira 3 days ago
Medical screening is required to have an immigrant visa, U.S. Embassies around the world should require people to have PPD/X-ray before a visit visa could be issued especially to vulnerable countries like India.

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Dr. nimmie sehgal 4 days ago
I disagree with CDC that risk is low for getting the contagious disease in airplane Respiratory illnesses. Spread fast in a closed vessel shown by a FAA study.

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Dr. John Gawlik 4 days ago
I think a person should be medically screened before being allowed over here.

The airlines should do this as these people are travelling on their planes.

Whatever happened to good, old-fashioned medical history-taking?