Right Wingers are worried about Diseases that immigrants might bring

[JI7]

there are a lot of crazy conspiracy theories going around among the wingnuts.

one of them is them claiming the people coming in at the borders will have diseases including ebola.

right now i'm more worried about the way some of these racist teabag types will react than what the immigrants will do.

[randys1]

1. Oh no, dont call them racist teabag types, these are good chrischun murikans

We love them...we dont call them names, maybe they are just misunderstood, but dont call them names

OH MY
you might have your post hidden

[Squinch]

2. Watching Rachel last night as she listed group after group after group who were organizing

and volunteering to help these kids, it really made me wonder why the only thing we heard about in the media was the 20 hateful peasants with pitchforks that turned back the bus.

There's a disease around there, all right, and it's not the kids who are bringing it.

[Louisiana1976]

3. How much do you want to bet at least some of these "racist teabag types" are

anti-vacc'ers?

[postulater]

7. Just as likely at least some are probably vacc'ers too.

Whatever that has to do with anything.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. Yep. A lot of Honduran and Nicaraguan poor kids vacation in Liberia.

And, park their Yachts in Sierra Leone.

[littlemissmartypants]

5. Exactly! eom

[Half-Century Man]

6. I'm more worried about the diseases the children might pick here

Like Racism, Militarism, Laissez Faire Capitalism, Rabid Consumerism, and Anti-Intellectualism.

Those children have enough problems without accompanying us on our decent into the New Dark Ages.

[madinmaryland]

8. It's Jeb Bush being all up in my house that scares me.

[spin]

9. Like it or not there have been some cases of active TB found in the immigrants ...

from Central America.

Active Cases Of Tuberculosis Found In Central American Immigrants
July 8, 2014 6:16 PM

EL PASO (CBS Houston) – Two Central American immigrants who were brought to a Border Patrol facility in El Paso have been found to have active tuberculosis, reports KVIA-TV.

“We’re concerned for our agents and they’re absolutely concerned about taking something back to their families or contracting something from these people that we have to process,” said Stu Harris with the National Border Patrol Council Local 1929.

Tuberculosis usually affects the lungs, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but it can also affect the brain, kidney and spine. A person with active TB is considered infectious; if they cough or sneeze and another person inhales the droplets, they can also become affected. Not everyone infected with the TB bacterial becomes sick.

***snip***

U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a statement saying it takes the safety of its officers very seriously. “U.S. Border Patrol agents have taken extraordinary measures to care for these children while in custody and to maintain security in overcrowded facilities” it said. “CBP has public health controls in place to minimize any possible health risks.”
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2014/07/08/active-cases-of-tuberculosis-found-in-central-american-immigrants/#comments

I'm not a right winger however I am concerned with the health of these children. It seems many are housed in overcrowded facilities and an illness like TB could spread rapidly. Providing good healthcare screening and treatment for these kids should be a top priority.

Of course this is expensive but hopefully both Democrats and Republicans can work together to insure that these kids are not sick and heathy before we place them in homes in our nation or send them back where they came from.

[Historic NY]

10. isn't that the reason the BP & INS wants to get them, to shelters so they can be,

checked, treated and housed. Its the first step to either staying here or going back.

[treestar]

11. Then it's a good thing they are being detained

It is more Ellis-Island-like and that can be looked for.

For years adults have been pouring over the borders without any such check on their health. So if disease were a big problem, we'd have the problem already.

[mylye2222]

12. Maybe do they want to reopen Ellis Island,

and put into law the obligatory " sanitary inspections", this time, not on ports and ships, but on airports???

Welcome to a century ago!!!!!

[Iggo]

13. They're afraid of brown skin. (n/t)