Wednesday, 8 February 2023

US woman has walked around with untreated TB for over a year, now faces jail

quote [ Recent X-rays of her lungs were so bad, doctors thought she had cancer. ]

Now, but, ooh, the T.B's is killin' me
[SFW] [crime & punishment] [+5 WTF]
[by ScoobySnacks@6:01amGMT]

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slaytanik said @ 6:28am GMT on 8th Feb
In South Africa we have so much TB that this would just cripple our already over crowded prison system

The last I read there was something like 80% of the population who have the TB bacteria or TB antibodies
Paracetamol said @ 5:57pm GMT on 8th Feb
Once read about one of these medical detainment institutions for people refusing treatment. It takes pretty idealist doctors for those.
gendo666 said @ 5:45am GMT on 9th Feb
With the resent wave of anti science and and anti-vax by some demographics this is bad.
We have seen a decrease in child immunizing for things such as Polio and they are coming back.
Meanwhile Pakistan launches it's first anti-polio campaign of the year to immunize children under the age of five .
There is a reason Doctors without Borders don't want to be in the U.S.

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