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by HarryHirsch
580 days ago
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TB is a disease of poverty, it doesn't spread that easily, but the risk goes up for people in overcrowded living situations and for those who are chronically malnourished. It's not a great surprise that one would find TB in cross-border migrants, but it's an indictment of the system that the disease continues to spread over here. Next up: lepra, also caused by a mycobacterium |
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yup, and also due to those pesky immigrants!
oh, but wait! it is actually endemic among native armadillos (USA) and native red squirrels (UK) - you almost never see a red squirrel in the UK, so don't worry.