@return2ozma to News • 5 days agoKansas reckons with large tuberculosis outbreak as health officials hamstrungwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square11arrow-up1195arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish15•5 days 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-square@ByteJunklink4•5 days agoThe BCG vaccine is still part of many national vaccination plans in Europe to this day. This is not the case in the US, at least I believe that since levels were lower they never started it.
minus-squareSam, The ManlinkfedilinkEnglish4•5 days agoThank you. I recently listened to the newest episode of Sawbones and Dr. Sydney mentions the tuberculosis outbreak and this specifically.
minus-squareTorynnlink2•5 days agoWell in their defense the article is referring to Kansas, which is in the first world.
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.
The BCG vaccine is still part of many national vaccination plans in Europe to this day.
This is not the case in the US, at least I believe that since levels were lower they never started it.
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.