I wrote about this particular threat to U.S. citizens caused by illegal immigration way back in 2016. At that time, Minnesota was seeing an outbreak of tuberculosis:

“I can confirm that one hospital worker at Mercy Hospital and one hospital worker at Abbott Northwestern Hospital were diagnosed with active TB,” Allina Health Vice President of Marketing and Communications David Kanihan revealed to Breitbart News. Both hospitals are located in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area and are owned by Allina Health, confirming the diagnosis active tuberculosis (TB).

The Minnesota Department of Health reported that in 2014, 73% of the 147 active cases of TB in Minnesota were foreign born. Around one in five resettled Somali Muslims in Minnesota test positive for TB.

““In late May, Allina Health began notifying 141 people who had been patients at either Abbott Northwestern Hospital or Mercy Hospital earlier this year that they may have been exposed to tuberculosis (TB). At each location, we learned that a worker who helped deliver care had TB. We carefully and thoroughly reviewed records to identify patients who had been closely enough in contact with these workers to have a potential exposure to TB … “

Here is a report of an outbreak in California in 2024:

Now we have an outbreak in Kansas City:

Health officials in the Kansas City area are warning of a recent outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) cases, prompting an effort from state and local health agencies to stop the spread, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE).

The outbreak has killed two people since it started in January 2024, KDHE spokeswoman Jill Bronaugh said. Health officials in Kansas say there is no threat to the general public.

The outbreak has primarily affected Wyandotte County, with a total of 67 active cases reported as of Jan. 24. According to KDHE, 60 of these cases are in Wyandotte County, while the remaining seven are in neighboring Johnson County.

In addition to the active cases, health officials have identified 79 latent TB infections associated with the outbreak, which means such individuals have an inactive infection. A large majority of the latent infections, 77, are in Wyandotte County, with only two reported in Johnson County.

The KDHE, working with local health departments, is following guidelines set forth by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to manage the outbreak. These efforts include identifying and testing close contacts of infected individuals and providing treatment to those who test positive.

The obvious question is: Why aren’t refugees being screened for contagious diseases BEFORE they are allowed into the general population? Probably because a large percentage are coming into our country illegally and, therefore, bypass disease screening. As the Minnesota Department of Health stated back in 2016:

“Tuberculosis (TB) has surpassed HIV as the leading cause of death from infectious disease worldwide.”

Tuberculosis is airborne and can be spread when a person active tuberculosis coughs, sneezes, or otherwise transmits the infection to a previously uninfected individual.

Treatment for tuberculosis is long and expensive. If caught early, it typically takes about nine months for a person with active tuberculosis to improve to latent tuberculosis. Not everyone diagnosed with active tuberculosis, however, improves. Mortality rates for those with active tuberculosis are much higher than health professionals would like, even in the United States.

This is what has been allowed into our country, and I am sure this isn’t the only communicable disease that we will be dealing with because of illegal immigration. If we are to get control of infectious disease in our country, if MAHA can succeed, we need to get control of immigration, legal and illegal.

If you would like to learn more about the history of tuberculosis, this PBS American Experience documentary is frightening and informative:

It is no long available for free on YouTube, but can be rented or purchased. It also can be rented from Amazon Prime.

Here is the first installment:

TB killed a HUGE portion of our population in the 1800’s and about half of the 1900’s. My grandmother’s sister, Sarah, died of consumption at the age of 34 in 1897.