Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is America's largest recorded since the 1950s
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#2From the article:
An tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has become the largest in recorded history in the US....the CDC started monitoring TB in the US in the 1950s.
"This is mainly due to the rapid number of cases in the short amount of time. There are a few other states that currently have large outbreaks that are also ongoing."
People with an active infection feel sick and can spread it to others, while people with a latent infection don't feel sick and can't spread it. It is treatable with antibiotics.
State public health officials say there is "very low risk to the general public."Re: Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is America's largest recorded since the 1950s
#3From the article: An tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has become the largest in recorded history in the US....the CDC started monitoring TB in the US in the 1950s. "This is mainly due to the rapid number of cases in the short amount of time. There are a few other states that currently have large outbreaks that are also ongoing." People with an active infection feel sick and can spread it to others, while people with a…
> It is treatable with antibiotics.
Treating it casually has led to widespread resistance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multidrug-resistant_tuberculos...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensively_drug-resistant_tub...
> People with an active infection feel sick and can spread it to others, while people with a latent infection don't feel sick and can't spread it.
https://www.who.int/teams/global-tuberculosis-programme/tb-r...
"Analysis of data from 14 countries in Africa and Asia suggests that about two thirds of global TB transmission may be from asymptomatic TB (95% prediction interval: 27–92%)."
Re: Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is America's largest recorded since the 1950s
#4This is the type of thing that'd normally show up on CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report which has been published weekly since 1960 (my understanding is this is without fail).
But unfortunately the current administration has decided an ideological purification is more important than keeping the American public apprised of threats to their health.
So it wasn't published last week, and probably won't be this week either. "Politics don't matter" though ;) Bummer!
Re: Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is America's largest recorded since the 1950s
#5This is the type of thing that'd normally show up on CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report which has been published weekly since 1960 (my understanding is this is without fail). But unfortunately the current administration has decided an ideological purification is more important than keeping the American public apprised of threats to their health. So it wasn't published last week, and probably won't be this we…
How is it that Trump is so timely at cutting medical resources right before the moment it is most needed? Or perhaps such outbreaks are more common than you'd expect and it's the equivalent of leaving a firewall down for a day?
And yeah, I'm aware a bigger factor in this freeze was hiding the very obvious Bird Flu pandemic. Can't hide the eggs getting more expensive though.
Re: Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is America's largest recorded since the 1950s
#6This is the type of thing that'd normally show up on CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report which has been published weekly since 1960 (my understanding is this is without fail). But unfortunately the current administration has decided an ideological purification is more important than keeping the American public apprised of threats to their health. So it wasn't published last week, and probably won't be this we…
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Re: Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is America's largest recorded since the 1950s
#7This is the type of thing that'd normally show up on CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report which has been published weekly since 1960 (my understanding is this is without fail). But unfortunately the current administration has decided an ideological purification is more important than keeping the American public apprised of threats to their health. So it wasn't published last week, and probably won't be this we…
Interesting. So you were able to see these and reports last year and all the way through January 21st this year?
Because there's only been one reported car in 2025 in Kansas, I'd be surprised...
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#8How can this possibly be America's largest TB outbreak in history? TB was killing thousands of people per year in America in the 1800s.
Re: Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is America's largest recorded since the 1950s
#9This is the type of thing that'd normally show up on CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report which has been published weekly since 1960 (my understanding is this is without fail). But unfortunately the current administration has decided an ideological purification is more important than keeping the American public apprised of threats to their health. So it wasn't published last week, and probably won't be this we…
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#10How can this possibly be America's largest TB outbreak in history? TB was killing thousands of people per year in America in the 1800s.
The crucial word in the headline is "recorded". I doubt that record-keeping in the 1800s was as comprehensive as it is today.
Additionally, from the article:
> the CDC started monitoring TB in the US in the 1950s.