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Are illegals making U.S. a leper colony?
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| dcougar99 |
What do you guys think... something that you dont hear on "main stream" thats for sure
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INVASION USA
Are illegals making
U.S. a leper colony?
'This is a real phenomenon. It's a public health threat. New York is endemic now, and nobody's noticed'
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Posted: May 22, 2005
5:11 p.m. Eastern
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
Leprosy is curable with proper treatment (photo: Columbia News Service)
Leprosy, the contagious skin disease evoking thoughts of biblical and medieval times, is now making its mark in the United States, and many believe the influx of illegal aliens is a main factor.
"Americans should be told that diseases long eradicated in this country – tuberculosis, leprosy, polio, for example – and other extremely contagious diseases have been linked directly to illegals," Rep. J.D. Hayworth, R-Ariz., told the Business Journal of Phoenix. "For example, in 40 years, only 900 persons were afflicted by leprosy in the U.S.; in the past three years, more than 7,000 cases have been presented."
"This emerging crisis exposes the upside-down thinking of federal immigration policy," he continued. "While legal immigrants must undergo health screening prior to entering the U.S., illegal immigrants far more likely to be carrying contagious diseases are crawling under that safeguard and going undetected until they infect extraordinary numbers of American residents."
The number of cases of leprosy, now known as Hansen's disease, among immigrants to the U.S. has more than doubled since 2000, according to a news report from Columbia University.
While the overall figure is small compared to other countries, some researchers fear the trend could lead to the disease spreading to the U.S.-born population.
"It's creeping into the U.S.," Dr. William Levis, head of the New York Hansen's Disease Clinic, told Columbia News Service. "This is a real phenomenon. It's a public health threat. New York is endemic now, and nobody's noticed."
Levis thinks America could be on the verge of an epidemic.
"We just don't know when these epidemics are going to occur," he said. "But we're on the cusp of it here, because we're starting to see endemic cases that we didn't see 25 years ago."
According to Steve Pfeifer, head of statistics and epidemiology at the National Hansen's Disease Program, only about two dozen new cases are found each year in U.S.-born patients, with that number remaining stable for decades.
But Pfeifer suggests many aliens are coming to the U.S. specifically to get treated for their skin condition, due to the short time between many immigrants' entry to the U.S. and their diagnosis with leprosy.
"They're coming to be treated because they get treatment free and probably get better treatment here," he told Columbia. "Somebody down there diagnoses them and says, 'Hey, you've got leprosy, and your best course of action is probably high-tailing to the U.S.'"
The fear is that since the disease remains contagious until treatment is commenced, a surge of diagnosed-but-untreated patients could mean a spread of leprosy into the population of those born in America.
Pfeifer said he had not issued an official report on the dangerous trend, fearing that anti-immigration groups would become vocal against centers providing free health care for illegals.
"A lot of our cases are imported," said Dr. Terry Williams, who treats leprosy victims in Houston. "We see patients from everywhere – Africa, the Philippines, China, South America."
Williams confirms that some of his patients came to the U.S. specifically for treatment, telling Columbia, "Certainly we do see some of that. We've had even a couple of patients from Cuba who were put on a boat by Castro just to get them out of the country – they made their way here through Mexico and Central America basically just to get treated. ... We treat them; our job isn't to be immigration police."
But not all experts have such a gloomy outlook.
Dr. Denis Daumerie, head of the World Health Organization's leprosy-elimination program, thinks claims of immigrants causing a spike in U.S. leprosy are overstated.
"There is no risk of an epidemic of leprosy," he told Columbia. "There's absolutely no risk that the few immigrants who are affected by the disease, if they are diagnosed and treated, will spread the disease in the U.S."
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| Q5echo |
| don't armadillo's carry leprosy? |
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| DJ Shibby |
I'm confused...
Is he trying to say that the people who built his house for minumum wage, because he was too fat and lazy and his corporate business owners too greedy and cheap, have leprosy?
Yeah... whatever. |
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| LazFX |
Oh yeah. Mexicans Carry Leprosy, and if you smoke weed Black Men will come to your house and rape your white daughters and wives. :rolleyes:
| quote: | Other than humans, the only creatures known to be susceptible to leprosy are the armadillo, mangabey monkeys, rabbits, and mice (on their footpads).
According to recent figures from the World Health Organization (WHO) new cases detected worldwide have decreased by approximately 107,000 cases or 21% from 2003 to 2004. This decreasing trend has been consistent for the past three years. In addition the "global registered prevalence" of leprosy was 286,063 cases with 407,791 new cases being detected during 2004.
In 1999, the world incidence of Hansen's disease was estimated to be 640,000; and in 2000, 738,284 cases were identified. In 1999, 108 cases occurred in the United States. In 2000, the World Health Organization (WHO) listed 91 countries in which Hansen's disease is endemic, with India, Myanmar, and Nepal having 70% of cases. In 2002, 763,917 new cases were detected worldwide, and in that year the WHO listed Brazil, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania and Nepal as having 90% of Hansen's disease cases.
Worldwide, one to two million people are permanently disabled because of Hansen's disease. However, persons receiving antibiotic treatment or having completed treatment are considered free of active infection. India has the greatest number of leprosy cases, with Brazil second and Myanmar third.
Hansen's disease is one of the infectious diseases tracked passively by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its prevalence in the United States has remained low and relatively stable. There are decreasing numbers of cases worldwide, though pockets of high prevalence continue in certain areas such as Brazil, South Asia (India, Nepal), some parts of Africa (Tanzania, Madagascar, Mozambique) and the western Pacific.
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This guy Hayworth Knows his crap for being an ex Sports Announcer... Typical GOP dribble coming from a Typical Fool, |
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| sensorium |
| In the name of all my leprosy-carrying compatriots, I apologize. |
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| Q5echo |
| quote: | Originally posted by sensorium
In the name of all my leprosy-carrying compatriots, I apologize. |
you dirty Mexican.
i'm kidding |
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| LazFX |
| quote: | Originally posted by Q5echo
you dirty Mexican.
i'm kidding |
Watch it there Charlie!! ;) |
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| Q5echo |
| quote: | Originally posted by LazFX
Watch it there Charlie!! ;) |
:eek: doh!!
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| Lira |
| quote: | | n 2002, 763,917 new cases were detected worldwide, and in that year the WHO listed Brazil, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania and Nepal as having 90% of Hansen's disease cases. |
If Hansen's disease is almost unheard of here, and we're on this list, I can assure you the U.S. doesn't need to worry about it.
Sounds more like a xenophobic alarmism. |
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| sasslife |
| i actually live with an illegal mexican.. Dirty ****. Wont look at him the same way ever again :nervous: |
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| Temperate |
| jesus cures leprosy I have nothing to worry about |
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