Earlier
this month, Watchdog revealed that 35 percent of Vermont’s incoming
refugees in the past four years tested positive for tuberculosis. How
many of those cases are contagious and symptomatic, however, remains a
secret, as state epidemiologists and top officials at the Health
Department have spent weeks blocking efforts to obtain the data.
Refugees brought to the United States take TB tests as part of
comprehensive health screening. For refugees resettled in Vermont, the
Department of Health’s Refugee Health Program monitors test results and
treats patients who have active TB disease. Unlike latent tuberculosis
infection, active TB disease is contagious, symptomatic and even
deadly.
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The Joker shoulda taken out Leahy when he had the chance at that penthouse soirée...
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