Arkansas Leprosy Outbreak Blamed on Lax Border Control (Video)
9 Cases of Leprosy in Springdale, Arkansas!
What say you, Huck?
An estimated 6,000-8,000 immigrants from the Marshall Islands, a leprosy leader, live in Springdale, Arkansas.
(KFSM)
Local officials blame lax border control on the recent leprosy outbreak in Springdale, Arkansas.
Springdale also has over 100 cases of tuberculosis.
KFSM and LGF Quck Hits reported:
The medical community is warning the public: a leprosy outbreak in Springdale could blossom into an epidemic, if something isn't done soon.KFSM wants to know what you think of leprosy in Springdale- CLICK HERE to leave them a comment.
Doctors say at least nine cases of leprosy have been confirmed in Springdale. Local doctors say they would be shocked by even one case of leprosy in their entire career, so they say something must be done soon, in order to stop leprosy's spread.
Springdale MD Jennifer Bingham says, "my initial response was: I am shocked. I am shocked we are seeing this. It's a true reason to be very worried."
Medical specialists say the Marshall Islands have the most cases of leprosy, in the world. And the city with the largest number of Marshallese people, outside the Marshall islands, is Springdale. And Bingham says, it makes sense, then, that leprosy is spreading to the city. "It's from the Marshall islands; that's why we're seeing it."
Bingham says she is all for Marshallese people entering the United States, after proper medical tests. But whether they're immigrants or not, she says people must stick to treatment, when infected. And she says, when she treats those from the Marshall Islands, this doesn't happen. "We're not getting the compliance that is absolutely essential to take care of this process."
Bingham says without cooperation, leprosy, which has no vaccine, and is transmitted through the air, will spread, and could easily become an epidemic. "People absolutely should be concerned. What I'm afraid of, is when people start thinking about it enough, it will already be out of control."
So now, Bingham, and others like Mayoral candidate Nancy Jenkins, say government help is the next step. Jenkins says she's angered the federal government has been so lax with border patrol. She says, "We've just opened the borders and said, 'Come on in! Bring your diseases! Bring 'em!' Why are we doing that? Those who have it need to be quarantined and treated, or sent back to their country."
Euwww!
One case of TB was discovered in a Springdale school in 2006.
Today there have been over 100 cases reported.
An estimated 6,000-8,000 Marshallese immigrants live in Springdale and the surrounding areas, of whom 867 are children enrolled in the Springdale School District. Eight cases of leprosy were reported in December.
posted by Gateway Pundit at 2/08/2008 06:01:00 PM
21 Comments:
This is exactly why immigration needs to be controlled. It's not a race or rights thing. It is simply common sense which seems to be not so common these days.
I guess no more AQ fried chicken for me for awhile
Common sense is like a cross to a vampire in the "reality-based community". If any resident of the "reality-based community" starts to exhibit either a trace of common sense or a brief period of lucidity they get sent immediately to a reeducation camp where those "undesirable behaviors" are beaten out of them.
Uh...the Marshall Islands are qualified as a "Freely Associated State." They have the RIGHT to migrate to the United States. It's part of a long standing deal whereby the US retains exclusive rights to their territorial waters.
Of course, that's no excuse for the customs agents allowing the health issues to propogate.
Cheers,
JR
You can't control something that is prohibited. Drug War anyone?
Making it easier to come and go from the USA is the only way to get a handle on it.
I think it is funny to imply that something is amiss "at the border" when in this case it was probably LAX or even Hawaii or Guam where these people arrived onto US territory.
The Marshall Islands are way out in the Pacific Ocean.
Good grief.
Hansen's disease is one of the least contagious of all communicable diseases.
That is it transmitted "through the air" is questionable. For many years medical researchers could not name its vectors or transmission route.
And it is treatable with multi-drug therapy.
Check WHO for more information.
Gah. "Journalists".
Let's see, now. If 3,000,000 Americans die every year from illegal alien crimes, terrorist "activity", or dread diseases seeping across our porous borders, the U.S. population will still increase. If our ELECTED officials don't care, why should we? After all, it's all happening to other folks. Unless the elected officials are recycled, nothing should change.
Health Department: State Not Seeing Epidemic
Local Station Reports Of Leprosy, Tuberculosis Untrue, Officials Say
Thank you, anon 6:53.
I come from Springdale. I plan on moving back. This has scared me for all my loved ones. I couldnt imagine if someone I knew contracted this.. If even one case is true then it is something that should be addressed. None of this is a joking matter. Whether it be testing before they come in the country and/or quarantining the whole state and surrounding areas, something has to be done.
Leprosy is NOT easily transmitted, there is multi-drug treatment for it, and the World Health Organization's most recent epidemiological research indicates exactly zero cases diagnosed in the Marshall Islands.
But don't let the facts get in the way of another panic about foreigners and their filthy foreign ways.
Jenkins says, "We've just opened the borders and said, 'Come on in! Bring your diseases! Bring 'em!'
What a maroon. RMI is kinda-sorta a former US Territory. All they need to live in the US Proper is proof that they are Marshallese. Kind of like being Puerto Rican, except you cannot vote.
Oh, Wonder how many Marshallese live in Guam or Honolulu vs. this 'Springdale'?
Yokwe to you too Jenkins.
google Yokwe+springdale
Immigrants whom have leprosy are not allowed to legally enter the USA. This must make ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION PROPONANTS nervous.
And, this is not the first outbreak if leprosy, hepatitis & TB. This has been going on since the early 1990’s.
WHY is our government ALLOWING IT TO CONTINUE?
Be forewarned --- the word is getting out about this travesty.
And, Americans don’t like to be shit on.
See this guys video library on the subject. www.YouTube.com/CAJeffO
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Launch of the World TB Day 2008 Web Site
excerpt:
[Tuberculosis (TB) is an airborne infectious disease that can be prevented and cured. People ill with TB bacteria in their lungs can infect others when they cough. In 2005, the most recent year for which statistics are available, 8.8 million people fell ill with TB and 1.6 million died from it. If TB is detected early and treated correctly, infected people cease to be able to spread the bacteria and can be cured.]
Trends in Tuberculosis Incidence—United States, 2006
excerpt:
[In 2006, TB incidence rates in the 51 reporting areas ranged from 0.8 (Wyoming) to 12.6 (DC) cases per 100,000 population (median: 3.4 cases). Thirty states had lower rates in 2006 than 2005; 20 states and DC had higher rates. In 2006, for the second consecutive year and the second time since national reporting began, approximately half of states (26 of 50) had TB rates of ≤3.5 per 100,000; however, 11 of those 26 states had higher rates of TB in 2006 than in 2005. Seven states (California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, and Texas) reported more than 500 cases each for 2006; combined, these seven states accounted for 60% (8,259) of all TB cases.]
Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis—United States, 1993-2006
excerpt:
[TB cases reported during 1993-1999, a period of rapidly decreasing incidence of both TB and MDR TB, were compared with cases reported during 2000-2006, a period of slower decline in TB and MDR-TB rates. During 1993-2006, a total of 202,436 culture-confirmed TB cases were reported to NTSS; 190,312 of these cases had initial DST results for at least isoniazid and rifampin, including 2,927 (2%) with initial resistance to both drugs (i.e., MDR TB). Of the 2,927 MDR-TB cases, 1,665 (57%) had DST results reported for at least one fluoroquinolone and one injectable second-line drug. Of these, 49 cases (3%) met the revised definition of XDR TB, including 32 cases reported during 1993-1999 and 17 cases during 2000-2006.]
as with any disease, the medical foeld learns more as time goes on (germs can also mutate quite rapidly)..
Leprosy: Hansen's disease
excerpt:
[Leprosy is common in many countries worldwide, and in temperate, tropical, and subtropical climates. Approximately 100 cases per year are diagnosed in the United States. Most cases are limited to the South, California, Hawaii, and U.S. island possessions.]
Leprosy as Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in HIV-positive Persons
excerpt:
[More than 2 decades ago, when HIV was first detected, many investigators predicted the rise of leprosy secondary to opportunistic infection (1). Recently, the phenomenon of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS), or leprosy reversal response, has received attention. IRIS often occurs secondary to initiating highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). The first indications of an interaction between HIV and Mycobacterium leprae occurred only recently, with the identification of IRIS after initiation of HAART in patients with HIV and previously undetected leprosy. A review by Pustianowski et al. discusses the paradox of HIV and leprosy with IRIS (2). In addition, Lawn et al. described the first case of IRIS after the onset of HAART in a patient who had tuberculoid leprosy that was never confirmed by molecular analysis (3).]
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This while story was wrong. THERE IS NO OUTBREAK. The ARK Dept of Health the next day said the 9 cases were spread over 3 counties and included many nationalities and the cases were not new. This is just a case of a local news station flat out making stories up.
http://www.4029tv.com/news/15258474/detail.html
Here is the story debunking the Leprosy story. You can also visit the Arkansas Dept of Health website if you remain unconvinced.
It really doesn't matter if potential epidemics are reported or not, as we saw with AIDS rise in the late 70's/early 80's our PC local-state-federal health officals will deny epidemics until the epidemic is so obvious it will be too late to do anything about it.
THen, when it becomes impossible to hide huge amounts of dead people the government's health officals will demand government-funded money to help find a cure.
World Health Organization isn't any different than our own health officals.
Hmmm didn't have that problem when our ancestors came over and landed at Ellis Island if something was wrong with them they weren't allowed in, They were told out you go your family can stay but not you. Anyone with a crimimal record of any sort wasn't allowed in either.
There should've been a major crack down a long time ago.
All illegals need to be rounded up and sent back no ifs ands or buts about it.
One of our former presidents did it took over 3 years for the round up. If memory serves it was right after WWI.
None of these refugee camps and living off our government.
We have enough diseases that were brought over in the last decade, which were needless because of lass border control.
Why are you people panicking? leprosy can be cured with a therapy called MDT. By the way this disease is not as contagious as the dumb movies and the stories of the Bible say. It is a misunderstanding. Ok, it can disfigure someone badly after years if not treated, but in the US, therapy is available. Through the air is bullshit... It is hard to get, since the 1940's there is a therapy for it. In the third world people suffer from it, because they cannot afford medicine, but for God's sake it is not an "outbreak", it is not plague or ebola, it is not a VIRUS!!! Doctors should be better informed. Help these poor people. Yes, if you open all boarders, and there is no professional control, diseases can be brought. What is so surprising? I talk about other epidemics which might be really unpleasant and much more dangerous than Hansen's disease. So people calm down, and be gentle, help those poor ones suffering from the disease, do not panic, a normal US citizen in good health will not get it, there is 0.001% possibility. Ok, I admit, it is still a disease and infectious and everybody needs to be carefull, but with leprosy it is bit different. It was a disease of misunderstanding for canturies. It caused the victims horrors which could have been avoided. Buried alive, banisheed, taking away from the loved ones for the rest of their lives, treating them like cursed ones, and it was not fair. It is not what people think it is. It can be really scary, but if everyone learns a bit more about it or investigate, then everyone will realize what is the truth. Ugly disease which attacks mostly poor people, but it is curable in our days.
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