I guess with federal gov comms shut down we'll have to rely on states or indirect proxies to figure out whats going on. Like the price of eggs should tell us something about avian flu.
The thing is - because TB isn’t commonly found in the US, it’s not normally on the list of recommended vaccines. Perhaps it should be, but it’s not. Have you been vaccinated against it? I have but that’s because my father had it during WW2. Most people even of my age haven’t been.
I'm pretty sure it's still on the list of recommended (if not required) vaccines for entering students at most sane school districts. I have been both exposed (through a child of nutcase antivax parents 40 years ago) and vaccinated. I occasionally throw false positives when being tested.
It’s not a great vaccine - it could be more effective, and it takes training to give it properly. BUT, there WAS research going into new vaccines and prevention. I’m sure that’s all been cancelled. 🙄
Did anybody actually read the article? The CDC does not recommend the vaccine because it has only variable effectiveness and interferes with testing for the virus infection.
That’s why I posted the link. Very rare to vaccinate against TB. There are numerous other vaccine preventable diseases to focus on, however. Solid public health measures and early identification and treatment are key to addressing TB outbreaks.
As someone who has been reading a lot of 19th century literature recently, I've noticed that almost everyone eventually dies of "consumption." What is consumption? Consumption is Tuberculosis.
This is sickening. Instead of focusing on solving new problems, we are now reviving old illnesses and relitigating settled science. Meanwhile, people will die, all people, bcs some of these illneses don't care who you are and how rich you are. Vaccines work!!!!!
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Also zero reporting about how this started.
https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/trump-urges-rfk-jr-to-go-medieval?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1250616&post_id=156146200&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=ezex&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Men - you do not want to get the mumps if you are an adult male. It's bad.
TB is fatal if not treated.
Syphilis is fatal if not treated.
A lot of people died young in the Good Old Days.
1 - Immigrants
2 - DEI
I'm sure all of this will be covered in an upcoming CDC report.
Oh...wait......
https://www.cdc.gov/tb/vaccines/index.html#:~:text=Bacille%20Calmette%2DGuérin%20(BCG)%20is%20a%20vaccine%20for%20tuberculosis,used%20in%20the%20United%20States.
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