return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 6 hours agoKansas reckons with large tuberculosis outbreak as health officials hamstrungwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareHellsBellelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·4 hours agoTuberculosis vaccines are not given to the general population and they are not part of childhood vaccine regime. They are given to vulnerable people when there is an outbreak. That said this may be a strain that is drug resistant, which would explain the severity of the outbreak.
minus-squareSam, The Man@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 hours agoThank you. I recently listened to the newest episode of Sawbones and Dr. Sydney mentions the tuberculosis outbreak and this specifically.
minus-squareTorynn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·3 hours agoWell in their defense the article is referring to Kansas, which is in the first world.
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Tuberculosis vaccines are not given to the general population and they are not part of childhood vaccine regime.
They are given to vulnerable people when there is an outbreak.
That said this may be a strain that is drug resistant, which would explain the severity of the outbreak.
Thank you. I recently listened to the newest episode of Sawbones and Dr. Sydney mentions the tuberculosis outbreak and this specifically.
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Well in their defense the article is referring to Kansas, which is in the first world.
Parts of it. For now.