Largest tuberculosis outbreak recorded in US history developing

Kansas is seeing an active outbreak of tuberculosis, the world’s deadliest infectious disease. Health officials say they expect more cases to develop.
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[@erin9322]

"67 might not sound like a lot of cases." Every disease starts with only one case.

[@RICO_SUAVE21]

TB is incredibly infectious and easy to transmit. It’s airborne spread through the infected person’s exhaled air. If you’ve sat next to someone with it on a bus you can get it.

[@Mugiwara2k]

Exactly. Considering how infectious TB is, this is concerning.

[@ashley1358]

Yet you can’t just say every week there is a new outbreak that is going to kill you. Avian then measles now TB. Sounds like a vaccine campaign

[@xepherial4725]

1 foreigner.

[@magoo9279]

67 is hella lot. 67 cases can easily ballon into 670000 nationwide. Guess I got to start wearing my mask again. Damn anti science idiots.

[@jlkitz1775]

I saw T. B. and asked myself what year and universe we were living in? 😳. I want off of this ride 🫤

[@tamishab1998]

😂

[@carbonelectra6653]

I think the ride wants us off too. 😅

[@200cdl]

You haven't see nothin yet, with the leftist local news channels now in recovery mode because most people figured them out. With all the cóverups and lies, this new president will be sitting as lot of this misbehaved rejects in the corner , and won't be getting any participation stickers. Better stock up on the popcorn because it's going to be a new best seller

[@LumiOlpero]

There were 9,000 cases in 2023. And every single year before that also thousands of cases. So not sure what you’re talking about.

[@stanrichards2739]

The wickedness of men an their organizations

[@Def1nitelyn0tac0p]

My husband has latent tuberculosis and got it in 2016. I was pregnant with our son and it was terrifying. He is ok and my son is ok.

[@Funnyinnithaha]

I have latent TB and my parents messed up my meds back in the 80s. I was told if I get TB, nothing will help me. This is crazy news.

[@taylorthompson4308]

Praying for you ❤

[@taylorthompson4308]

Praying for you ❤

Move to a dry environment. Even in remission, TB can make the lungs vulnerable to other lung diseases, like emphysema.

[@evenif7431]

That's the difference between latent tb and active tb, one you can live with and one is deadly without treatment

[@PAS-16]

Respiratory therapist here- this is terrifying.

[@firestick4991]

Just another perk of bringing in millions of mysterious newcomers. Enjoy!

[@DogGran]

@@firestick4991😂 yep! All your problems are caused by immigrants!

[@MilDarty]

@@DogGranliterally lol let’s drag everyone from a country that barely has any health care what could possibly go wrong! Oh wait… everything.

[@stevenpoffenberger3344]

​@DogGran it takes one infected person to infection millions. Thats not too hard to understand.

[@LumiOlpero]

@@PAS-16 did you miss the past 4 years where there was 7,000+ to 9,000+ cases every year or did you just start working as a respiratory therapist right now?

[@KJartistry]

I had Latent TB when I was 18, I had sore lungs for a few years and kept telling my mom but she ignored me and said nothings wrong, I never went to doctors or hospitals in my life, even though when I was a baby I almost died of Bronchitis so clearly my lungs are an issue. When we eventually went for an x-ray to see what was causing the pain I had a spot on my lung which was apparently scar tissue from the latent TB. So what I want to warn is please don't ignore your kid if they say there is something wrong listen to them you never know what could've happened, It could have been lung cancer...I went on antibiotics after I found out and my mom was isolating me wearing a mask around me when she found out, I had it for many years and soon as she finds out she stays away from me it was quite traumatic as I felt horrible for being sick when it wasn't even my fault, also please don't make your child feel like a disease it can have negative effects on their well being and mental health. I also had just got a boyfriend and obviosly wanted to see him all the time bt she told me I wasn't allowed to go anywhere or see him. My boyfriend came to see me anyway with his mom and they bought me a gift basket which was so nice and my aunt from england sent a gift basket to me as well. We all appreciate some sympathy in a bad situation so please be kind to people you don't know what they are going through.

[@ensignmjs7058]

Did your mother realize her stupidity?

[@nevergoin28]

Thank you for sharing. I’m sorry you had to experience that. Forgive your mom and if you can share with her how that made you feel

[@nightangel3578]

Have you told your mom about this? Because she definitely wasn't winning any parent of the year awards.

[@mar25947]

That doesn't sound like much of a mom...keep some distance and spare yourself the toxicity

[@Glamgrlsf]

Wow what a toxic neglectful mother. I’m sorry you are going through that

[@kathypariso6102]

Well, the country used to test for it and TB vaccines were more common in the 1960’s as was whooping cough. We are sliding backwards as a developed nation.

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

TB is not like other infectious diseases that children receive vaccines for. Vaccination of children for TB ended in 2005. When the occurrence of a disease becomes very low it is no longer justified to immunize all children. This is the first major outbreak of TB in the US since the 1950's!! That should tell you something!!

[@tonyd3057]

The CDC hasn't recommended the BCG to healthy adults for quite some time....what part of them saying it wasn't a concern has you so concerned??

[@theundone777]

I suspect the reason that the outbreak is so bad is because people aren't wearing masks. That is the best and first protective measure against TB. People who have it are supposed to wear masks when they aren't isolated. Unfortunately, anti-mask propaganda has led people to believe that masks are some sort of unnecessary evil . Vaccines for TB have never been super common, and they're not entirely necessary. Yes, I do remember a lot more testing for TB in the past as well- especially for hospital workers. There are a lot of elements at play here.

[@Brandy11111]

If you work at a hospital or kitchen in a school you get tested. I just did

[@firestick4991]

Just another perk of bringing in millions of mysterious newcomers. Enjoy!

[@mew19forever]

There is no such thing as low risk to the general public with a deadly disease. Stay safe out there all!

[@jakeg3126]

Need to keep people calm and don’t panic over basically nothing

[@James-vl1xd]

​@@jakeg3126🤡

[@tinycnyc]

Right now we kind of live in the Middle Ages but with modern technology.

[@leaharchambault5796]

But hey, dont get vaccines 🥴

[@burchified]

People are cavemen with iPhones

[@kimberlypierce9237]

So....where are the epidemiologists?? What is the source of this outbreak? How has this spread locally in Kansas? Where are the journalists asking these questions?

[@pieceofpeace35]

The new president wrote an executive order to block all medical institutions from talking to the public, and I'm pretty sure each other. And he shut down all medical research across the country. And raised drug prices. On his first day.

[@janefletcher3198]

Now they are not allows to report that idiot has put a freeze on all cdc communication

[@sakuraskies2329]

​@@janefletcher3198I was about to say the same thing.

[@BB-xe2dh]

all these diseases are coming back because idiots for decades now have refused to vaccinate their children or take precautions towarss the public when they are sick. Trump and his entourage are shutting down the cdc and it will basically go downhill from here. American is truly now turning into a third world country.

[@Georgina602]

Your new prez disbanded and fired them all.

[@963ag]

I live in a medium city in Southwest Texas, and a few years ago there were several active cases here ... This is frightening, but because I am a senior with some chronic conditions, I mask and use hygiene precautions ( for COVID) I imagine this will also help against TB.

[@VivaLaVittoria]

Yes, absolutely- masking will help a great deal.

[@radleyisidore1900]

I hope you stay well, ask your doctor about ways to prevent possible infection, i don't know if this is one of those vaccines that have to be reinforced when we're older, so maybe it would be a good idea to get it

[@lizzieb6311]

@@VivaLaVittoria No. it won’t help. Masks help prevent exposure to those around the mask wearer. Unless you are suited up in a sealed hazmat suit with a self sustaining respirator (attached to oxygen supply) then the throw away masks 😷 are absolutely worthless. If YOU have a cold it is polite for you to wear them to contain your sneezing and coughing from widespread broadcast.

[@jennifercheney4353]

​@@radleyisidore1900they aren't going to vaccinate anyone here. It's rare. Unless you live with someone positive, and you are negative, you're not getting vaccinated.

[@dietitianmama]

TB is caused by a bacteria, so it's a bit harder to kill than a virus like COVID. be very careful. Healthcare workers are screened annually for TB to ensure they don't spread it to others.

[@andreawallenberger2668]

Watch out, airline travelers. Stay safe!

[@theresalucas9477]

I would think Teachers too 😯

[@jeffreyt76]

Airborn

[@wandawells5596]

Oh man😮

[@rumblefish9]

I wanna know how many of those got TB from drinking raw milk because you can get TB from raw milk

[@kathyt2108]

I’m thinking it came across our southern border.

[@rickmilligan7818]

Where is the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services?...Oh yeah, it was defunded.

[@shirleywarner8831]

Trump will get rid of them

[@scottprather5645]

It's actually worse than that they appointed Robert Kennedy the director

[@lauriescott3059]

​@scottprather5645 and he is absolute idiot

[@houston5568]

This has been going on since 2021 so when was it defunded.

[@burtstineman449]

Good, they won’t do anything other than cause hysteria

[@hayaq9991]

Keep in mind, Covid started with just one person.. 68 sounds scary

[@Dee-ty9ny]

TUBURCULOSIS OUTBREAK IN KANSAS - 65 PEOPLE, 2 DEATHS SO FAR. 1-28-25

[@LumiOlpero]

Do you know how many TB cases were in the U.S. in 2023? Over 9,000. Stop the fear mongering

[@jp13119]

It's actually not the largest TB outbreak in US history, but yes, get 'Sensational' like a previous commenter said.

[@jackie5046]

TYfor the update. We need to keep each other informed.

[@alitloff]

Dozens more have latent tb which cannot be spread-but keep shivering in your crocs anyway-the more the news can keep you glued to their content, the more $$$ they make-stay afraid, stay very afraid to help fund and propagate the fear. News media is counting on you!

[@Illusions_Of_Life]

Interesting. The National Agro and Bio Defense Facility was just moved from Plum Island to Kansas in 2023.

[@liamwilson7549]

There was already one there, they simply shifted resources not people.

[@cathyburrows8162]

I remember everyone used to screened for TB in their yearly exam, don't know why they stopped.

[@leegalen8383]

I'm 68 and remember we got TB tests at school in the 50s & 60s.

[@TabletAccount-fo8zm]

Because TB was eradicated in the United States for the most part, but with biden inviting all the unvetted illegals from countries with major TB is here now!

[@Xfactor444-x4n]

Because most of us got vaccines.

[@CoolTaxiDriver]

Yes, it was a work requirement along with annual physicals.

[@cjcurtis8944]

Most of us can’t afford a yearly checkup.

[@williamgiven7892]

Stay at home. Drink lots of fluids. Do not touch any other persons sputum (spit, phlegm).There is nobody coming to help you.

[@StellaCarey]

It’s transmitted through breathing in droplets in air.😢 You can touch a person with TB with bare hands but you cannot breathe in the same air. Imagine being in a dental clinic, and the dentist is drilling a tooth on a patient with his instrument, and all the saliva is being sprayed into the air into an aerosol form. You cannot see them but they are in the air. You don’t want to breathe this kind of air. You have to protect yourself with a mask. 😷

[@LumiOlpero]

That’s not how you get it. You have to breathe it in and be in close contact with an infected person for longer than 8 hours. And guess what? You still might not get it or you could get the latent form which will not hurt you and cannot be spread to other people. This news video was very short and before you commented, you should have watched it. All that info was in the video.

[@Minah.R]

@LumiOlpero The latent form can hurt you if you’re immune system becomes compromised or weakens with age so yeah it’s waiting for it’s moment to attack but some people get lucky and it remains that way until death either way if you get it treated before symptoms start you don’t have to worry about it being active don’t just hope for the best that stuff can kill children they get the most severe forms if unvaccinated.

[@kaylawaters2691]

Washing your hands frequently and cleaning surfaces year round frequently will help prevent most diseases from spreading. I have always worked with the public before and after masks and knock on wood, no illness.

[@LumiOlpero]

@ tb is infectious by aerosol only. You have to breathe it in to contact it.

[@StegoAqua]

IT’s BEEN A WEEK!

[@mermaid30019]

This been going on? 😩😩

[@silentbutdadly190]

the administration change did not cause a TB outbreak in a week 😒

[@MargaretAnderson-ti1sw]

Don't about recently, but the treatment used to be a daily dose of antibiotic EVERY DAY FOR A YEAR and a staff member had to witness the patient getting the medication every single day. $$$$

[@LumiOlpero]

So did Biden cause the over 9,000 cases that occurred in the U.S. in 2023? This happens every year genius.

[@jennifercheney4353]

Yes. But TB has been here every year for hundreds of years. This isn't new, or unusual. Outbreaks happen every year, no matter who is in the white house.

[@JulianaYankee]

Omg here we go again another deadly virus. Let's all be safe Please stay home if your sick BE KIND

[@VivaLaVittoria]

TB is a bacterial infection, but yes

[@jp13119]

Yes, Tuberculosis is a mycobacteria or a Bacterial infection which is why it's treated with anti-biotics. But yes, people should be safe and ALWAYS stay home if you're sick and never return to work or school unless you're FEVER FREE for 24 hours. People are so stupid.

[@bbills4186]

This would be a good question to ask our potential head of the HHS during his confirmation hearing. How would he handle this and other outbreaks?

[@tonyd3057]

Maybe you should read more....or even just listen to the report 😂.

[@Mikey_Chopps]

This is what happens when you combine anti-science ignorance with politics.

[@lauraleecreations3217]

❤❤❤exactly!!

[@bbilub3092]

@@lauraleecreations3217 No, this is what happens when you have a ton of unvaccinated illegals in our country!

[@marthabrittain2442]

Here we go again!

[@jeffreygunn3530]

Actually, it's what happens when you let 10 million people from every country on Earth into the US with no screening

[@awnzotheman]

Its also what happens when you let in millions of unvetted foreigners into the country from the poorest places in the world.

[@SellieM6970]

There are two types of TB. One is antibiotic resistant and IS always fatal. Regular TB can be treated with antibiotics. They are not mentioning this…

[@LibraryAce]

There are treatments for resistant TB but you have to get the right test to identify it as such and what strain it is to get the right medications. Otherwise you take the regular meds for months with no effect.

[@Daylight-nu3rt]

Because it's a gloss over for why it's really happening. Let's just say the border for now. 🤫

[@lorettanericcio-bohlman567]

@@Daylight-nu3rt 🙄 it would be good if you got some daylight infused vitamin D once in awhile…

[@Daylight-nu3rt]

@@lorettanericcio-bohlman567 what is you talking about? Just trolling huh. Find something else to do.

[@breezeh1127]

​@@lorettanericcio-bohlman567 You need to ask yourself why they are not telling us where it originated. It IS EASY to trace the origin of an outbreak yet mysteriously they left that out. There has to be a reason. Don't lie to yourself

[@kesomon]

John Green must be frothing at the mouth about this.

[@lopsybun4134]

Everything is Tuberculosis

[@karlijnlike4lane]

right?? that was my first thought: we're campaigning for TB in Sierra Leone, & meanwhile having our own outbreak? i don't begrudge their work at all; it was just shocking to learn.

[@yaelfeder9042]

Lol this comment made my day too bad Puccini and Verdi stole his idea a hundred-something years ago😂

[@lauriescott3059]

This is very scary.

[@LumiOlpero]

Look up TB. It’s not that scary and actually hard to catch. There are cases every single year in the U.S.

[@jennifercheney4353]

This happens every year. Get a grip on reality, not fear mongering. It's been going on for hundreds of years. News flash for ya...

[@debbY100]

Not really.

[@jp13119]

No, it's not. It's the same as everyday in every pubic situation anywhere in the world, the US is no exception. Also, this isn't the largest outbreak in US history either.

[@lauriescott3059]

@jp13119 sorry. Your wrong. I have 40 years experience in the medical field. It's not like anything else. Thanks for your expert opinion.

[@Khanviction92]

Arthur Morgan died of this in July 1886

[@Deathtroopers09]

Finally someone brought it up! I thought I was going to have to scroll forever.

[@anastasiabeaverhausen8220]

Gee...good time to be wearing a mask, folks. If it doesn't interfere with your precious freedoms you're so willing to give up in every other way!

[@lauriescott3059]

Unfortunately you need a very special mask for this. Street brand of mask not going to save you here.

[@mikepublic111]

​@@lauriescott3059Will N95 work?

[@maryjaneshoe-fm4yr]

@@lauriescott3059 Why, TB is caused by a bacterium, which is larger than a virus.

[@dalevackar182]

A mask would help in this case sense TB is a bacterial infection. Mask do absolutely nothing for viral infections.

[@dianak8098]

@@lauriescott3059 Yes, an N95....not a procedure (surgical) mask or a DIY mask.

[@creativepunter]

Largest in US history,BS!!!!! My mother used to work at a sanatorium specifically for TB patients and they were in isolation!

[@F15CEAGLE1]

Waverly Hills.

[@MNP208]

The treatment is very difficult and patients have to be closely monitored by the health department!

[@magesalmanac6424]

The same health department that republicans want to defund!

[@johncspine2787]

What health department? Super smart Rump just eliminated those, and appointed a total fraud for another..

[@firequeen2194]

What health department? Defunded. 🤦‍♀️

[@johncspine2787]

@@firequeen2194 what’s really funny is that Mexico still vaccinates for TB and US doesn’t…lol…

[@donnydrips]

LOL cannot wait for Joe Rogan, RFK, and Aaron Rodgers to prescribe some obscure Medieval treatment for this.

[@blondhairblackstrat]

Good thing I'm stocked up on livestock dewormer and anti-malaria drugs!

[@CrystalRaye]

​@@blondhairblackstrat Don't forget the bleach injections!

[@c-light7624]

😂

[@idesigncutethings2196]

​@blondhairblackstrat it's a bacterial infection.

[@blondhairblackstrat]

@@idesigncutethings2196 True-You may have missed my sarcasm. The bad thing is, even when treated with antibiotics, it can take months to resolve, and there are AB-resistant strains. MAGA will be calling it the "Kansas flu".

[@Memphis10USA]

🛑😳My early Med career, CNA then. We told the pt he was TB clear, he went home and died in a week. Our entire floor had to have test and work done. That stuff can lay low up to 2 years, then say "Hello, time ta kill ya". Bad😮, very bad. "Consumption" is what it was called yesteryear. Memphis,10 🇺🇲

[@kathyt2108]

I never knew what consumption was. Interesting.

[@AWZap]

It’s kind of funny they aren’t sharing all the details of this story such as where the outbreaks occurred in these two counties, Wyandotte County being the site of the largest outbreak. Who is among those to be infected, young, old or both? Were many of them living together, in separate households, or working together consistently? Are the majority native to the counties or recently migrated to the area? Calm fears though transparency of the facts, which each county’s public heath department is well aware of and could share regarding these outbreaks, but they aren’t. 👎🏼

[@daniellewilliams6721]

I worked at a hospital and all last year saw multiple TB cases, especially in the homeless. The problem is that they definitely wont finish their meds so its hard to say its not currently spreading again

[@letsbereal9850]

Respiratory Therapist here, I was exposed to TB a year ago and it was terrifying

[@Shelly-m5t]

I have worked in hospitals, it is contagious

[@NerdyW1]

Just so you know, testing for TB is part of the LEGAL immigration process. So if we continue normalizing undocumented immigration we also expose public to potential health risks

[@RMcCoy-fb4rs]

💯 correct.

[@FFL61750]

Thanks Democrats you never fail to impress

[@_save.]

There are businesses owned by people who are white, that go on trips to smu ggle immigrants who are in serious strife, to use them for abhorrently cheap labor Those smuggled survivors wind up assaulted, restricted from medical aid, addicted to alcohol to cope with the purgatory position their new boss put them in, disguising the indentured servitude as freedom and people who are legal or born here get caught up demonizing EVERY single migrant, accepting blanket statements which lead to regulations that negativity impact EVERY ONE The more we hate and try to blame each other, the more the stale r*pist p*do cheeto will dominate and destroy

[@fredm.2699]

I think DEI caused TB, not immigrants.

[@SarahSmith-vt3oc]

Never fail to DESTROY

[@PandaBeafr]

Law enforcement are usually vaccinated against TB because the homeless and many other prisoners are carriers or active cases. NOT ALL are infected but enough to take precautions. It is miserable watching someone cough until they can't breathe. Prayers for healing for the sufferers.

[@jp13119]

What? What kind of garbage misinformation is this? For Fuck Sake? No they aren't. There are only certain places and people in the world that ever get vaccinated and they are NOT US Cops, jeez. Did you make this up yourself? So, Misinformation: 1) US Cops DON'T get vaccinated against TB 2) the homeless and prisoners are NOT carriers or have active cases (again, did you make this shit up yourself?) 3) No, 'NOT ALL' are infected and Everyone should wear a mask in public places especially in hospitals, public transit, planes but not because of TB but because people in general are stupid and cough and sneeze into people's faces all the time without thinking nor do they stay home when they're sick. You really shouldn't post things you don't know anything about. It's misinformation.

[@rlud304]

There’s no TB vaccine🙄 Where’s your data on homeless and incarcerated people from?

[@Gyvie-marie]

​@@rlud304There's been a TB vaccine since 1921.

[@tonyd3057]

There is one, but they are not recommended by the cdc...it definitely exists in numerous foreign countries and our homeless population

[@rlud304]

@@tonyd3057 Oh “definitely exists” 😂 That clears up any confusion. Pulled out of your as$ is not where data comes from, professor

[@kaloifortich4491]

TB killed my friend arthur morgan, rip bro.

[@elizabethdegroot89]

He was a real one 🤠

[@Manganra7]

I had a terrible cough for about a month a couple months ago. Doctor’s office wouldn’t see me and insisted that everything was normal. Now I wonder…

[@jp13119]

Should've gone to a different doctor and reported this one. This is definitely MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE and should be reported. You may have had TB, Whooping cough or COVID and if you live anywhere in the Southwest, anywhere, it could've been San Joaquin Valley Fever or coccidiodomycosis. You also should go to your PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT and get tested for TB. This is a terrible story and the DOCTOR SHOULD BE REPORTED. Go to public health and ask for a 'rule-out' TB and tell them what happened just to make sure. You could've had the flu also and I recommend that EVERYONE get a flu shot. I'm so sorry this happened and thanks for posting it here so I can tell EVERYONE to NEVER let this happen and it's negligence on the part of the doctor's office. NEGLIGENCE.

[@Jerry-zd8gd]

I had similar. A very bad cough that only gradually went away over a couple of months. Not covid or influenza, but not TB. It seems to just be a particularly long lasting respiratory virus.

[@tamikkajohnson1589]

TB doesn't go away without treatment. It continues to grow more and more bacteria and increase chances for spread through coughing.

[@yenfr5306]

We have a guy who doesn't even believe in vaccines. I want to move to another universe. This one is too crazy.

[@SarahSmith-vt3oc]

Pls move asap! Bye!

[@applepie9576]

My grandfather died of TB in the 60's.

[@MommyDontSeeMe]

I remember my father being treated for this in the '60s. While he was at home, my mother put a piece of tape on the floor in front of his bedroom that I wasn't allowed to cross. I remember the sickly-sweet medicine I used to have to take every day. Eventually my father was sent to the state TB sanitarium a couple of hours away. I didn't see him for weeks. They later determined it was a rarer infection, and he had to go to Colorado and have a lobe of his lung removed. His scar was about a foot long. I didn't see him for months. Not to be taken lightly for sure.

[@a.h.s5152]

​@MommyDontSeeMe My mom had TB in the 1950s or 1960s when she was a teenager she was treated in a TB ward she has a scar on her lung. She's been complaining about her lung hurting where she had TB before the past few months. I heard it can become active again years later. She was getting chest x-rays every year.

[@MommyDontSeeMe]

@@a.h.s5152 That must have been so frightening for a teenager to be sent away from her family for treatment. ❤️ Has she had a scan recently?

[@danielabbey7726]

My Grandfather also died of TB back in 1935 before antibiotics. Grandma never remarried, and was a widow for 73 years - she died at 102.

[@OohMyHead]

My grandfather died from tb in the 60s at a tb hospital in Mobile, Alabama. He went away and never came home.

[@lunithefoxfreitas2181]

I have to take 10 pills every week for 3 months and they have to watch me take the medicine. I only had my first dose and the next day I woke up with blurry and tunnel vision, so scary.

[@jp13119]

At least you're still alive, can type and comment. Many can't. But, thank you for sharing your experience with us. Take your medicine and even though it's probably rough, you'll live and won't die and can share the experience with the rest of Americans so they will become educated and somehow empathetic, I'm not sure about the empathetic part, but we can only hope.

[@Homehaven3]

My dad had TB when he was young and spent 18 months recuperating in a hospital. 😮

[@LiveWhereYouPark]

Health officials wanna make sure we get treated but our government doesn’t give us quality health care to get treatment.

[@gc1172]

I go to doctors when necessary and never ask the government if I can go. Thankfully I live in the US so I don't have to wait for months for an appointment and go to walk in Urgent Care facilities. Always see PA-C or NP to start. Or do you mean free, but don't want to pay the taxes necessary to do that.

[@Jamesssssssssssssss]

@@gc1172 It's great that you have easy access to care, but that's not the reality for many Americans. Even with insurance, people face high deductibles, co-pays, limited networks, and the constant fear of surprise bills and medical debt, which is a leading cause of bankruptcy. While urgent care is helpful, a preventative care focus, like those often prioritized in universal healthcare systems, could reduce the need for those expensive urgent visits in the first place, leading to better long-term health outcomes and potentially lower overall costs. Universal healthcare isn't just about "free" care; it's about ensuring everyone has timely and affordable access to a standard level of care, including specialists and preventative services, without fear of financial ruin. It's about a more efficient and equitable system that works for everyone, not just those who are currently fortunate enough to have good coverage.

[@ahillmann]

How can this be the largest documented outbreak in the US? Tuberculosis has been around in the US since the very beginning. Before vaccines a huge share of the population got sick. On the Harvard Library's page called "Contagion Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics" it says "by the late 19th century, 70 to 90% of the urban populations of Europe and North America were infected with the tuberculosis bacillus, and about 80% of those individuals who developed active tuberculosis died of it."

[@roxyiconoclast]

Well, they don’t document cases they aren’t looking for. The vast majority of people with respiratory infections in the US are never tested.

[@countitalljoyfam]

@@ahillmann sensationalism

[@lanahundley8625]

Thank you!

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

This is the largest TB outbreak since the 50's when regular monitoring started. So there were major outbreaks before then.

[@rlud304]

There is no vaccine for TB

[@eloiselovesdevi]

How can they not know what caused or where this outbreak originated? Can’t they interview the patients? Usually public health officials are pretty good at finding the origins of such outbreaks.

[@kathytierney3855]

Oh, they know the cause, it just doesn't fit the narrative. Anything and everything crossing the border!

[@flynnstone3580]

Lefty GMA would tell you, but I'm betting it came across the border from 3rd world countries like other diseases that have been showing up lately. These people are very unsanitary.

[@breezeh1127]

Exactly! Why do I feel they are not being truthful here.

[@haroldrogers950]

They got Defunded by trump

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

It's a 3 minute and 15 second video. Stop assuming that a short news brief about is going to answer all of your questions including the origin of this outbreak.

[@de7142]

Were any immigrants tested for TB at the border before allowed entrance to the country?

[@angeladoll9785]

Somebody from Kansas visited the FL Keys & messed w the wrong mangrove snapper🤣

[@rosanneshinkle4133]

Brought in by "newcomers"

[@Felecia_Rene]

And yet, Kennedy, a person with absolutely no experience or expertise is up for confirmation this week to the post of Secretary of Health and Human Services. SMH

[@sarahdixon1943]

Yep. We are a joke now. Unbelievable!! Last time, it was Covid. This time?? Bird flu?? TB?? Covid 2.o??

[@janicewolk6492]

Yeah, who voted for Trump?

[@cmo_rocks]

@@Felecia_Rene he knows how his subject. Have you even listened to him????

[@tonyd3057]

A person you likely know nothing about and a completely unrelated story

[@kjmav10135]

@@tonyd3057I know he has zero qualifications for the job.

[@carriefox1146]

Don't travel to Kansas.

[@lunithefoxfreitas2181]

I live in Alaska and I recently tested positive tb and so has my husband. We both had X-Ray s and it was declared latent. Both our kids tested negative but we have no idea how we got it.

[@elyzsabethahne2116]

Were you near sea lions? I've heard that they can carry it.

[@nesq4104]

You technically could have had TB for many years latent with a healthy immune system if you got a vaxx and compromised your immunity then it could make the TB unleash

[@deadinside8781]

I’m having a weird cold and I’m wondering if I have it lol

[@yaelfeder9042]

Work?

[@lunithefoxfreitas2181]

@elyzsabethahne2116 no i wasn't around any sea lions. And literally every way you normally contract it like visiting a senior center, or living with an infected person didn't happen. Me and my husband have no idea we're or how we got it.

[@sooz9433]

If the risk to the public is so low how did it spread to so many people? One of my kids made 2 trips to Kansas in November and December for 3 day classes for their work. There were other people who came from across the Midwest to attend as well.. the stuff of nightmares for me as I have heart and lung disease already.

[@calico_mojo]

I don't know this for a fact, but I'm familiar with the area. Kansas City KS has a high population of people who are under the poverty line. Folks who live with lots of other people and work in close quarters with lots of other people.

[@jennifercheney4353]

Tell them to get tested. You know, instead of just freaking out, DO something.

[@tonyd3057]

It doesn't necessarily say that it's spread...may have just been a large group of folks that arrived here.

[@sooz9433]

@tonyd3057 do you not know how to read? These people weren't "together"!! Look it up for yourself and stop talking nonsense!! Jan 29 (Reuters) - An outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City area has grown into one of the largest ever recorded in the United States, with dozens of active cases of the infectious disease reported, according to health officials. As of Jan. 24, 67 active cases of tuberculosis, or TB, had been reported in Wyandotte and Johnson counties in Kansas. The outbreak began last year, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said on its website. It did not specify a source of the outbreak.

[@cee-emm]

Homelessness/crowded living/drug use compromising immune systems

[@MikeycatOutdoors]

My daughter's teenage friend has latent TB. He probably got it from visiting his friend in Kansas. This case is in Illinois.

[@AhJodie]

Do some research, and don't panic! A lot of people are on immunosuppressive therapy, tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors and Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors, are at risk for TB 'reawakening' who had latent TB. Also, this illness was a really big scare for many years after AIDS came out and there were many cases that were resistant to antibiotics! The test for TB is simple and most health care workers are tested frequently.

[@bettys4361]

Doctor: "we see this every year" "News": LARGEST OUTBREAK IN AMERICAN HISTORY

[@invictaland1983]

Right?! SO confusing!!!!

[@elizabethhjenkins6172]

Since I lost the signal for ABC I do not get to see you. Glad you are still here Robin. Nice to see you briefly on this KZbin clip.

[@enlighten2seven605]

Creepy

[@batmomchannel6343]

This reminds of Waverly hills where they had a tb outbreak and most never walked out

[@WinterSown]

We're now 3rd World USA, so this is in our future.

[@jennifercheney4353]

​@@WinterSownlol, this has always been our future. America thinks it's immune to 3rd world problems, and has acted accordingly for decades. All while letting in 3rd world people. Makes no sense, but what does the government do that makes sense?

[@Jamie-vw8bj]

Im curious if all the vaccines americans were required as school aged children for decades is now required to enter and or become american citizens. Also, countless times schools have refused children to come to school every year until theyre shot records are updated. Is the same being required for all of the migrant families and their school aged children? Has this been reported about? I often dont have time to watch the news anymore so i really do not know the answer. This segment left me with way more questions than answers. Thank you

[@cee-emm]

TB vaccine is not used in the U.S.

[@MF99K]

Kansas has a low immigrant population but all schools require students to provide vaccination status regardless of country of origin.

[@jennifer3962]

@@MF99Kthere literally isn’t a TB vaccine in the US…. Has nothing to do with vaccines.

[@Tamar-sz8ox]

God forbid ! Wishing everyone well ❤

[@five-toedslothbear4051]

You know I see people spitting on the street, and the sidewalks, leaning out of their cars to spit. I guess people forget why you don’t do that.

[@reneek1672]

Why do guys spit? I notice men spit a lot and women don’t. I mean, do guys just have more phlegm? Did they see their dads spitting growing up so thought that was cool? Help me understand? If I have to spit in public, I grab a napkin or spit in an empty cup or the trash can or something,

[@avgejoeschmoe2027]

UV rays from the sun kill the germs in minutes. Also, You shouldn't be playing in peoples spit

[@blakekeys-ec4vr]

Bruh what? Are you stepping in spit constantly?

[@brey1720]

I mean thank god for better medicine than when Waverly Hills and other sanitariums were filled with people dying from it. But this is still unnerving.

[@rosebud4god1234]

WHY this isn't on the National News broadcast, like ABC, NBC, CBS and NEVER to be at ALL on Fox.😫

[@7karlheinz]

Do you really have to ask?

[@virginiashirley4139]

I have an inoperable aneurysm on my heart, I am very skittish of sick people and it amazes me how many people come to the library sick, coughing etc.

[@mygirl1129]

Are we allowed to have access to treatment?

[@alexhale2696]

Thoughts and prayers. It seems to work, right?

[@jp13119]

Always......hahahahahahaha.........

[@CharleneTruncer]

US citizens were loosing their jobs if they refused the COVID jab. But illegals were not checked for diseases or vaccines or stopped at the border if they refused the COVID test & vaccination. The increase in TB is coming directly from all the illegals from countries where the vaccine rate is almost non existence. Same tuning with the huge measles infection all over the country.

[@kbrown5218]

You are correct. The other bad hitting is syphilis! Texas has the highest rates in the country all caused by illegals. We use to test for TB in elementary schools in Texas back in the 50's-60's...I guess since the feds play doctor they cut that testing out too.

[@CadetBoneSpurs]

RFK says vaccines don’t work so why check immigrants?? Huh you racist pedophile loving traitor? Tick tock traitor WOLVERINES!

[@jahleajahlou8588]

Yes and in 2020 during the pandemic multi millions were spent for census. How many million came through just after ? You know Dept of Labor even had scouts looking for old travel trailers, campers, and whatever might work as a domicile out in the field or in the side yard. Then sent out representatives to question the legal residents and VERIFY that it was not being used as a dwelling. Meanwhile we now have HUMAN SLAVERY in California, Oregon, Washington states and that is the bare minimum of what is going on.

[@pozleo78]

Got Dan! All the excuses Maga has. All the blame. I get it now. No personal responsibility. Just like Conald. Vax bad. Oh, now it’s unvaccinated illegals. FFS. No. Majority of crime is legal residents, majority of disease spreading is now unvaccinated legal residents.

[@Fireandbubbles]

It took you 45 seconds to tell us what counts as a large outbreak

[@MewDenise]

Are we in the 1800s?

[@user-xt9ce6cy1r]

Egg prices 📈, TB 📈

[@pamt3915]

The Bird Flu can be easily solved. Other countries are vaccinating their poultry with the Bird Flu vaccine. Instead of vaccinating the source, the US would rather have it spread to other animals, people & then opt to cull our poultry food supply.

[@gdiup9241]

Immigrants 📈

[@InformedandBlessed520]

@@gdiup9241NOPE. New sheriff in town and over 1,500 troops at the border. They are running scared!

[@kayla7777pop]

Your mom's box 📈​ @@gdiup9241

[@aaronjaggan]

TP 📈

[@OnUs-x9d]

DHS and WHO are out the door😢

[@alexishill3342]

We shouldn't overlook the fact that people from other countries where TB runs rampant are here.

[@none-h9e]

We and most of Americans know that but still going to blame President Trump

[@firequeen2194]

@@none-h9eyup, but only because he refuses to follow scientific protocols on how to STOP the spread of infectious diseases and actually listen to real experts. I remember how he threw out the response book only be a Obama’s team had developed it. What a big baby. Do you remember the Ebola outbreak in the US? You don’t? Well, that’s because it was stopped before it gained any traction in the US and didn’t become a national outbreak.

[@resourceress7]

If you haveinactive / latent tuberculosis (LTBI), you ALSO need treatment. It could turn into an active infection that could kill you.

[@tinkerbell8334]

Wash your hands.. Wear mask when out in public I never stopped wearing one and never will... this is alarming😫

[@googleuser2426]

Why did she say we see this EVERY YEAR....but the title is the video is LARGEST OUTBREAK?????

[@maewebster9377]

mmmm let us use out reasoning brain. There are cases of TB every year, but this year there is more outbreaks than ever previously seen in this area.

[@jennifercheney4353]

To induce fear and outrage over something common. Obviously.

[@jp13119]

Because reporters know nothing about infectious disease.

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

@googleuser You have to look at the whole context of what this Dr stated. She said we see outbreaks every year, we see cases every year. Both could be true. An outbreak might be a dozen cases for example. But this is the first outbreak since the 1950's. And don't listen to people like Jennifer Cheney. She is clearly not informed and probably follows maga propaganda based on her comment!

[@tonyd3057]

Headline makes you click

[@gregoryallen6816]

Let’s have RFK weigh in on this matter. As if ………

[@johnschultz9023]

He's not with the HHS yet. Why don't you lay the blame on you favorite guy, biden?

[@rlud304]

@@gregoryallen6816 He’ll claim it’s caused by toothpaste or something 😂

[@amadeomodigliani9732]

He’ll say is caused by cornflakes.😂 oh wait he is probably as crazy as the Kellogg guy.

[@reemagee4828]

Wtf! Tuberculosis as in Doc Holiday???

[@heavymetalandmakeup2383]

Yes my huckleberry 😂

[@AnDitaLee]

@@heavymetalandmakeup2383 came here for this 😂

[@diaknight6770]

The issue is the two people I knew wouldn’t take their medication and no one followed up on them. They weren’t concerned about giving it to others. They are both passed now.

[@evolveordissolve9118]

Schools & work offices where all are confined in a building with REVERSE air for 8hrs/day…that’s a significant amount of time to contract such a deadly bacteria…

[@mphagy]

Illegal immigrants!

[@sherrygreene3184]

Nailed it!

[@cathyfinnesgard4013]

Why don’t they tell us the nature of the infected people… who are they? Are they immigrants, for instance, coming in from a developing nation? Nobody will even suggest such a thing. But “inquiring minds want to know.”

[@Amy-ej9tq]

There’s a reason they are not telling us right now. But Trumps admin will not hide the truth from the American people.

[@MF99K]

Kansas doesn’t have a very high immigrant population. If it was immigrant-carried we’d be seeing outbreaks in states with more immigrants like New York and California.

[@GamerplayerWT]

Latent TB is going to be a big problem if they become active.

[@Mop2247-tx]

Why do you say that?

[@krisk3363]

​@@Mop2247-txbecause that's how TB works. It stays inside you until one day it decides to infect you

[@jp13119]

@@Mop2247-tx Because 'they' don't know what they're talking about. When people are diagnosed with latent TB, if they're in a well funded public health area (a blue state), their public health department will treat them with isoniozid for 6 or 9 months PREVENTIVELY, depending on their exposure. If they're not in a blue state, only gawd knows how those draconian, barbaric republikkkans will treat them. Too bad.

[@nesq4104]

Huge problem

[@nesq4104]

​@@Mop2247-txTB is a horrible airborne disease. Would make COVID look like a joke, literally. Hard to treat it and it actually never leaves the body. You can only suppress it. One person can become a super spreader

[@spacecat7247]

Hope noone wonders why or where it came from.

[@lisatowe778]

It’s huge in California among “migrant” communities. Also several years ago was seeing it in people flying from India etc

[@LoveFactorySweatShop]

Micro-organisms got their Convict back!

[@TheGiggleMasterP]

Good thing we just left the WHO and all federal agencies cant communicate with the public. Thanks Tdump

[@tonyd3057]

How would the WHO change 1 single thing?? Try to read more karen

[@TheGiggleMasterP]

@tonyd3057 I dunno, maybe they could help advise about best practices on dealing with TB. Which might I add used to be near eradicated in the US. What do you think changed?

[@KK_Missouri_Girl]

@@TheGiggleMasterPHow many illegal immigrants crossed the border in recent years carrying who knows what.

[@avgejoeschmoe2027]

Gee, do you think 14 million UNVAXD illegals entering our country had anything to do with these diseases and outbreaks? We are not used to the "new germs" that are Normal for them and visa versa. It did not go well for Native Americans when the Spanished first arrived, did it?. THANKS BIDUMB

[@perryallan3524]

@@KK_Missouri_Girl This outbreak likely has nothing to do with immigrants. The TB virus is present in every country - its ubiquitous. You cannot eliminate it. There is litteraly a century old vaccine; but the USA now rarely uses it and now people have to ask for it. But in the last several decades that the "anti-vaccine" movement has grown; and a lot of people are not vaccinated from many things. In my case (I'm in my late 60's) I received the TB vaccine in my youth; and again when I went into the Military in 1975 TB is virtually totally preventable with vaccination. A more reasonable explanation is none of these people received the TB vaccination; and they are not living healthy lifestyles. TB is mainly considered a disease of the poor because they cannot afford better living conditions or food, or have not been trained in certain things (even the poor can usually avoid TB if properly educated).

[@butterflylady5568]

Tb be all over country with air travel

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

That's nonsense. There are medical protocols to contain this outbreak before it gets too serious.

[@JohnStiletto]

Reagan closed the mental health care hospital in NYC and TB was in epidemic proportion after he closed these facilities. Homelessness went up. You couldn't ride the subway without worrying about catching it.

[@SpecialEdTalk]

Do they not have tb vaccine in the US?

[@stevenpoffenberger3344]

I work in a hospital, and we've encountered two cases. Both happened to be illegal immigrants. Two may not seem like a big number, but I've been in the hospital for 9 years and 2 cases in the last few months is a lot when its the ONLY 2 cases in my whole 9 years.

[@MLBrooks-g3u]

We need clear, broad education about outbreaks like this so we can prepare and ........ oh, yeah, sorry, I forgot who was president now.

[@melodyparra2960]

I used to watch shows So what was like Tuberculosis, hospitals and hospitals weren’t very pretty

[@beckym5730]

And here we go it’s been four year since Covid every four years something happens.

[@ungrateful-66]

Most of us in this comment section are probably already infected with asymptomatic latent TB, aware or unaware of the dormant infection and it's always been like that and also why it'll always be around.

[@Sunshine-d9u1b]

Illegal coming in not vetted. I speak from experience. I got TB from someone who came from Cambodia. Not screened. It was not good.

[@jp13119]

Hardly. I really doubt your story. But go ahead, give it a shot. Maybe some magat will believe you.

[@timothydempsey3763]

Like bad dream you thought was over,like it got reelected again

[@tonyd3057]

Please explain the correlation of people who the previous president letting in testing positive for a virus before he was even inaugurated....love to hear this

[@judithdavis5563]

This is not good and we have this disastrous administration in the White House .

[@doubleshitake]

And where did it come from?

[@Anhedonis]

Kansas.

[@doubleshitake]

🤣

[@pinkkitten_nails]

Gee i wonder for we went from not having a case for decades to an outbreak !

[@cecilmcastle6495]

Do some background research. Years ago a local outbreak of 5 cases tied to apartment building with high number of transient workers. Retired healthcare worker of 46 years

[@Rosarium2007]

If only the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and the National Institutes of Health were allowed to do their jobs! If only we were still a part of the World Health Organization!

[@WendyCR72]

Don't worry! Just drink bleach, shove flashlights down your throat, and use Ivermectin horse paste. Who needs qualified science for treating deadly diseases when you have Mass Murderer (see: COVID, over a million US citizens dead due to listening to his lies!) back in office! And hey...there's also bird flu to worry about! YAY! /HUGE sarcasm font here...

[@SweetLadyBlue1]

I guess you forgot about the CDC director admitting they lied about the 19 information? Why do you think people don't trust them? (Oh, except for the sheeple who believe everything they're told). I pray that someday, you people will open your eyes.