SBW

This is obama's America. This is what we are letting into this country. Some vetting process I would say. I thought you lying libs said these people would be vetted? It appears we are bringing them here without even a very basic medical exam. Some vetting. I hope these TB infested refugees are ONLY settled in liberal states. That will help take care of a lot of our problems. Fewer liberals, fewer problems.

http://watchdog.org/266740/vermont-refugees-test-positive-for-tuberculosis/

More than one-third of refugees in Vermont test positive for tuberculosis

By Bruce Parker / June 2, 2016

Data from the Vermont Department of Health show that more than one-third of refugees resettled in Vermont test positive for tuberculosis.

Since 2013, about 900 refugees admitted to the Green Mountain State have been tested for tuberculosis, a potentially fatal infectious disease affecting the lungs. Of that number, 318 refugees, or 35.4 percent, tested positive.

Watchdog.org obtained the health data on Wednesday following reporting by Stateline that the disease may be making a comeback in the United States.

Refugees brought to the United States undergo TB tests as part of comprehensive health screenings. State health departments track the data to monitor cases and protect against public health crises.

According to IGRA (Interferon-Gamma Release Assays) blood test results from 2013 to the present, the highest percentage of incoming refugees to Vermont infected with TB occurred in 2013. That year, 108 refugees out of 248 tested, or 43.6 percent, showed positive for TB.

Test results showed slight improvement in subsequent years, with 34 percent of incoming refugees having TB in 2014 and 32 percent showing positive in 2015. Children under age 5 are excluded from the results, as they undergo tuberculin skin tests, or TSTs.

Courtesy of Vermont Department of Health

While active TB is fatal in half of cases that go untreated, Ben Truman, health policy and web program coordinator at the Vermont Department of Health, said only a handful of TB cases each year in Vermont are “active.”

“The Vermont five-year average of active TB cases for 2011 to 2015 is 5.4 cases, with a range of two to eight cases per year,” Truman said.

Using Truman’s active TB averages, Vermont reported 27 active TB disease cases between 2011 and 2015. Truman would not say how many resettled refugees in Vermont have active TB disease, or if refugees are included in the Health Department’s five-year average of active TB cases.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that tuberculosis is common worldwide, with one out of every three people carrying the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In 2014, about 9.6 million people had active TB and 1.5 million people died from the disease. TB disease is rare in the United States, however, with just 9,421 active TB cases reported in 2014.

Unlike active TB disease, latent TB infection is not contagious, and people who have it experience no symptoms. Latent TB infection can advance to active TB disease, however, where symptoms typically include weight loss, fever, and chronic cough and phlegm, often including blood. About 10 percent of untreated latent infections advance to active TB disease, according to the CDC.

Last week Breitbart reported that most of Arizona’s 222 active TB cases among resettled refugees over the past two decades were caused by latent TB infections that advanced to active TB disease. A fact sheet from Arizona’s Department of Health states that the cases were “caused by latent tuberculosis infections that became active after years or even decades of lying dormant.” The department urges people with latent TB infection to “complete an entire course of medication” to prevent possible activation.

Truman said advancement from latent TB to active TB is not typical in Vermont cases.

“Many people who have latent TB infection never develop TB disease. In these people, the TB bacteria remain inactive for a lifetime without causing disease,” he said. “The TB incidence in Vermont is low at 1.11 cases per 100,000 (2015), which is less than the national average of 3.0 cases per 100,000.”

Refugee resettlement is facing fresh scrutiny after President Obama pledged to admit 100,000 refugees to the United States, up from the prior cap of 70,000. As distinguished from immigrants, refugees are people who have fled their countries due to war or persecution.

State Refugee Coordinator Denise Lamoureux said Vermont plans to admit 350 refugees this year. One hundred refugees may be placed in Rutland, where Mayor Chris Louras is facing a backlash from residents for hiding the city’s resettlement plans from the public.

Refugees may be entitled to multiple years of taxpayer-funded medical, cash and social assistance. Assistance benefits range from Medicaid and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families to job preparation and placement. Funding for Vermont’s refugee resettlement program comes from federal grants distributed to the Vermont Agency of Human Services and the the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants.

Lamoureux said the current year funding is in line with the 2013-2014 funding grants, except that cash and medical assistance expenses dropped by about $350,000, due to lower refugee medical assistance costs following the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion. She added that social services allocations are down to $195,737 for fiscal year 2016.

While Truman didn’t say how the Health Department was handling active TB cases among Vermont’s refugees, a single active TB case for a teacher at Charlotte Central School in 2015 led the department to test about 500 students and coworkers. Test results found that 19 children and two adults had become infected with latent TB.

Contact Bruce Parker at bparker@watchdog.org

BigWahoo Loc: Kentucky

This is from your link;

“The Vermont five-year average of active TB cases for 2011 to 2015 is 5.4 cases, with a range of two to eight cases per year,” Truman said.

Using Truman’s active TB averages, Vermont reported 27 active TB disease cases between 2011 and 2015. Truman would not say how many resettled refugees in Vermont have active TB disease, or if refugees are included in the Health Department’s five-year average of active TB cases.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that tuberculosis is common worldwide, with one out of every three people carrying the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In 2014, about 9.6 million people had active TB and 1.5 million people died from the disease. TB disease is rare in the United States, however, with just 9,421 active TB cases reported in 2014.

Unlike active TB disease, latent TB infection is not contagious, and people who have it experience no symptoms. Latent TB infection can advance to active TB disease, however, where symptoms typically include weight loss, fever, and chronic cough and phlegm, often including blood. About 10 percent of untreated latent infections advance to active TB disease, according to the CDC.

SBW

Don't get your point. No surprise, no one ever really gets your point. I know what the article says, I posted it you idiot. THE POINT IS: over one-third of the refugees settled into Vermont tested POSITIVE for TB. That is the POINT. In your stupidity and nonsensical verbiage you can try and spin it any way you wish but the FACTS speak for themselves.

BigWahoo Loc: Kentucky

I know you are scared because 318 refugees have latent TB.

There are approx. eleven million (11,000,000) United States citizens that have the same thing.

Why are you only afraid of the refugees?

http://www.cdc.gov/Features/TuberculosisTreatment/

WNYShooter Loc: WNY

Although I'm not a big fan of his, this guy has been warning for years about unfettered immigration bringing back TB, as well as other, epidemics to the US: https://youtu.be/Dt0tU06CKds

Even London has been experiencing it: https://youtu.be/uV97hsWYEGY

BigWahoo Loc: Kentucky

Hate and fear will not eliminate TB.


"After 2 decades of progress toward tuberculosis (TB) elimination with annual decreases of ≥0.2 cases per 100,000 persons (1), TB incidence in the United States remained approximately 3.0 cases per 100,000 persons during 2013–2015. Preliminary data reported to the National Tuberculosis Surveillance System indicate that TB incidence among foreign-born persons in the United States (15.1 cases per 100,000) has remained approximately 13 times the incidence among U.S.-born persons (1.2 cases per 100,000). Resuming progress toward TB elimination in the United States will require intensification of efforts both in the United States and globally, including increasing U.S. efforts to detect and treat latent TB infection, strengthening systems to interrupt TB transmission in the United States and globally, accelerating reductions in TB globally, particularly in the countries of origin for most U.S. cases."

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6511a2.htm

BigWahoo Loc: Kentucky

"The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), which encompasses the immigration, temporary admission, naturalization, and removal of foreign nationals, mandates that all refugees and applicants for US immigration undergo a medical screening examination, performed by an authorized physician, for inadmissible conditions.

Refugees undergo the examination overseas, whereas immigrants are examined in the United States or overseas depending on their place of residence. A panel physician is a medical doctor practicing overseas who has an agreement with a local US embassy or consulate general to perform immigration medical examinations; more than 760 panel physicians perform these examinations.

A civil surgeon is a special designation for a US physician authorized to perform official immigration medical examinations required for adjustment of status (the process of becoming a permanent US resident). CDC’s Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ) works closely with the Department of State, which has agreements with panel physicians, and US Citizenship and Immigration Services within the Department of Homeland Security, which designates physicians as civil surgeons.

DGMQ provides technical instructions for conducting the required medical examinations, including mandated screening for specific diseases (such as tuberculosis). In addition, for special populations such as refugees, the CDC issues health recommendations (such as treatment for parasitic diseases). "

SBW

Another one of your nonsensical rants that has nothing to do with the post. What is your point idiot?

SBW

Gee there is a newsflash, fear will not eliminate TB? That is correct, but not letting them in will certainly help eliminate it here. Are you so stupid you cannot understand that? Apparently so.

BigWahoo Loc: Kentucky

What you describe as a 'rant' is a quote from the CDC.

It shows that every refuge is tested for TB before they are let into the country.

TB is treatable when diagnosed.

I know your fear is paralyzing but please try to stay calm.

BigWahoo Loc: Kentucky

'EBOLA' BOO

ken hubert Loc: Missouri

He has fish for brains.

BigWahoo Loc: Kentucky

You might want to try some fish.

"A new study that appeared last week in JAMA answers this question: fish is indeed good for the brain. More precisely, eating fish regularly was associated with a reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease. This benefit occurred despite the fact that people who ate more fish did have higher levels of mercury in the brain. Apparently, the levels of mercury were too low to cause harm, and the benefits of eating fish easily outweighed any risks."

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2016/02/08/new-study-shows-that-fish-really-is-brain-food/#374217bf30e7

SBW

My God are you stupid, as several articles state, these refugees were not tested until after they were in the country. That is the entire point you slow witted fool. These refugees are not being vetted properly and thoroughly before they come here. The obama administration is lying to the American people, a proven fact. No one fears or has anything against these refugees. That is just another LIBERAL LIE that YOU are trying to promote. All anyone reasonable is asking is that these people be vetted before they are allowed to come into this country. Any average reasonable American would help these people if they need it, we are the most charitable people on this planet. Apparently you are too stupid to understand that. If they spread diseases let us hope it affects you and yours first. You must walk around in a fog.

ken hubert Loc: Missouri

It's all that mercury in him. He only has the brains of a guppy now.